Sharks vs. selfie fans, big Mama (the humpback) is back with a new baby and the latest on interspecies ocean buddies - Skaana's ocean wrap-up for May, 2025
And Happy Ocean Week! Ocean Week Canada starts tomorrow!!!
Happy Ocean Week!
Here’s a link to events for Ocean Week Canada and a link to events for Ocean Week Victoria. Note that it’s “Ocean” Week not “oceans.” Why? Because there is only one ocean…
And now… here are a few of the stories that popped for us in May, 2025
Eco-politics
If you’re in BC support the Sierra Club’s call for a new BC law to protect biodiversity:
Call for a provincial law to protect biodiversity and ecosystems!
Whales
The humpback comeback in the Salish Sea… it all started… and keeps going with Big Mama
‘Big mama’ returns to B.C. waters with new humpback calf in tow - Times Colonist
A Mystery Whale on the West Coast
Dead Bryde’s whale washes onto Vancouver Island shore - CHEK News
Whale hunting on the US west coast? ‘We are optimistic’: Makah First Nation may receive permit to hunt Grey Whales of their coast soon - CHEK
Octopuses…
A New, Shape-Shifting 'Flapjack' Octopus Has Been Discovered in the Deep Sea Off the Coast of Australia - Smithsonian
'Can't describe it with words': B.C. diver captures rare octopus footage - Times Colonist
And why are orcas hanging out with pilot whales in Iceland?
Friend or Food: Why Are Iceland’s Orcas Taking in Pilot Whales? - Scientific American
Sharks!
Shark attacks caused by social media ‘cause of course they are:
How Two Great White Shark 'Buddies' Could Change Perceptions of the Species - Smithsonian
Giant Great White Shark Weighing Over 1600 Lbs Tagged In FL - Surfer.com
Secret of why Greenland sharks live so incredibly long finally revealed - LIve Science
Sharks Apparently Do Sleep, Even With Their Eyes Wide Open - Smithsonian
Trump vs. Science
After 100 days of upheaval, what’s next for U.S. science? - Science
‘A funeral for our careers’: Trump’s science cuts spill onto Canadian turf - Nature
Octopus Ocean now on Audible & Amazon: https://www.audible.com/pd/Octopus-Ocean-Geniuses-of-the-Deep-Audiobook/B0F7N4X8L4
