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Bluefin tuna washes up far from home in Salish SeaCrescent Beach, Orcas Island, Washington, USA 19 Jul 2023 ![]() |
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B.C.’s sea life is bouncing back, slowly, after the 2021 heat domeVancouver, British Columbia, Canada 11 Jul 2022 ![]() |
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Gumboot Chiton Cryptochiton stelleri Die-offCoupeville, Washington, United States 10 Oct 2021 |
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'It was a special day': Transient orcas set sightings record as population thrives on B.C. coastWinslow, Washington, United States 8 Sep 2021 ![]() |
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Mysterious smelly fat blobs pollute West Vancouver beachWest Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 17 Aug 2021 ![]() |
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B.C.'s heat wave may be to blame for several cases of shellfish poisoningVancouver, British Columbia, Canada 22 Jul 2021 ![]() |
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'Unprecedented' absence of southern resident killer whales from Salish SeaSalish Sea 21 Jul 2021 ![]() |
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Intertidal life after significant heat waveMalahat Drive 29 Jun 2021 |
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Extreme heat cooks shellfish alive on Puget Sound beachesAnacortes, Washington, United States 26 Jun 2021 ![]() |
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Rare King-of-the-salmon fish found on Vancouver IslandSooke, British Columbia, Canada 30 Sep 2020 ![]() |
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Rare fish washes ashore at Whiffen SpitSooke, British Columbia, Canada 22 Sep 2020 ![]() |
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Northern anchovy blooms bring more sea life to Burrard InletPort Moody, British Columbia, Canada 14 Jun 2020 ![]() |
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Orca pod makes rare appearance in Vancouver’s False CreekVancouver, British Columbia, Canada 12 Jun 2020 ![]() |
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Humpback whale breaching east of Vancouver spotted by Burnaby seniorsBurrard Inlet, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada 15 May 2020 ![]() |
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Massive anchovy school in White Rock draws a crowdWhite Rock, British Columbia, Canada 29 Dec 2019 ![]() |
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Anchovies take over White Rock shoresWhite Rock, British Columbia, Canada 28 Dec 2019 ![]() |
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Seabird Aggregation Over Abundant Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax)White Rock, British Columbia, Canada 18 Dec 2019 ![]() |
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Schools of California Anchovy (Engraulis mordax)Ross Bay, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 6 Oct 2019 |
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West Vancouver closes popular beach due to bacteria levelsAmbleside Beach, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 19 Jul 2019 ![]() |
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Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) in TsawwassenBeach Grove lagoon at Boundary Bay Regional Park, BC, Canada 15 Jul 2019 ![]() |
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Where are the endangered whales? Southern residents haven't been spotted in B.C.'s Salish SeaSalish Sea, British Columbia, Canada 1 Jul 2019 ![]() |
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TenTen Creek return of Salmon SpeciesNorth Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 1 Jul 2019 |
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The Salish Sea’s orcas are late for their annual summer visit, the latest sign something is wrongSalish Sea 23 Jun 2019 ![]() |
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Another dead grey whale found off B.C. coastBoundary Bay, Canada 6 Jun 2019 ![]() |
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Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) Feeding in Haro StraitHaro Strait, Canada 19 May 2019 |
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Dead grey whale towed to Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney for necropsySidney Channel, British Columbia, Canada 5 Apr 2019 ![]() |
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Intrusion of Beach Stones and Saltwater into the Coastal ForestFrench Beach Provincial Park 24 Mar 2019 |
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Eagle preys on duck on Saanich PeninsulaNorth Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 26 Feb 2019 ![]() |
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72 dead baby sharks removed from dead pregnant shark during necropsy at Coles BayColes Bay, Saanich, BC 7 Feb 2019 |
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Pregnant shark washes up on Vancouver Island shorelineNorth Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 6 Feb 2019 ![]() |
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Pregnant Bluntnose Sixgill Shark (Hexanchus griseus) in Coles BayCole Bay, British Columbia, Canada 5 Feb 2019 |
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Heart of White Rock breaks along with pierWhite Rock, British Columbia, Canada 20 Dec 2018 ![]() |
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) living near Race RocksRace Rocks Ecological Reserve, British Columbia, Canada 26 Oct 2018 |
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Red-brown algae blooms spotted in Puget SoundPuget Sound, Washington, United States 26 Jul 2018 ![]() |
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Bivalves recently cracked by sea otters (Enhydra lutris) indicating re-occupationIsland View Beach, British Columbia, Canada 7 Apr 2018 |
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Weather extremes now surpassing the realm of natural possibilities | Watching Our Water WaysPuget Sound, Washington, United States 21 Dec 2017 ![]() |
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King-of-the-salmon (Trachipterus altivelis) stranded on beachVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 26 Sep 2017 |
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Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) in Port Moody ArmPort Moody Arm, British Columbia, Canada 28 Apr 2017 |
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Herring spawn on eelgrassCoal Port, Delta, British Columbia, Canada 2 Apr 2017 |
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Herring spawn near Lily PointNear Lily Point, Point Roberts, Washington, United States 25 Mar 2017 |
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Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) near VancouverSturgeon Bank Wildlife Management Area, British Columbia, Canada 10 Mar 2017 |
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Manila Clam (Venerupis philippinarum) Die-OffLummi Bay, Bellingham, Washington (Lummi Nation), United States 23 Feb 2017 |
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Sand lance (Ammodytes personatus) schoolIsland View Beach 1 Dec 2016 |
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Bellingham Bay Water MergingBellingham, Washington 28 Nov 2016 |
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Juvenile Sand lance (Ammodytes personatus) intertidal burrowingVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 3 Nov 2016 |
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Juvenile Pacific Herring ball (Clupea pallasii)Henderson Point, North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 10 Oct 2016 |
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Mixed schools of Sandlance (Ammodytes personatus) and Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 2 Oct 2016 |
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Surf smelt (Hypomesus prestiosus) school15m north of the Island View Beach boat ramp 28 Sep 2016 |
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Large school of post-larval California anchovy (Engraulis mordax)Trincomali Channel, Valdes Island 23 Aug 2016 |
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Shift of Diverse Subtidal Community to Sea Cucumber (Holothuroidea) BarrensOak Bay, British Columbia, Canada 6 Aug 2016 |
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Dolphins in Salish Sea signal warming worries14 Jun 2016 ![]() |
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Are Vancouver's recent Gray Whale sightings the start of regular seasonal visits?Stanley Park Seawall, British Columbia, Canada 1 Oct 2015 ![]() |
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Big Mama and the return of the humpback whales to the Salish SeaSalish Sea 17 Jun 2015 ![]() |
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Victoria Harbour 2: Contaminants in Sediment and MusselsVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 28 Jan 2015 |
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Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Sighted at Possession Point, Southern Vancouver IslanSooke, British Columbia, Canada 1 Sep 2014 |
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Rare and friendly sea otter spotted in waters off SaanichTen Mile Point, British Columbia, Canada 14 Aug 2014 ![]() |
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Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) off Southern Vancouver Island, CanadaSooke, British Columbia, Canada 29 Aug 2009 |