The Busselton Dunsborough Times has published an article on our 2013 whale sightings! This past season we spotted around 130 pygmy blue whales thanks to the efforts of local volunteers, […]
SouWEST has reached a social media milestone this week, as it hit 100 likes on Facebook! We are delighted that so many people out there are interested in our work, […]
Our first video showing the migration of humpback and blue whales through Geographe Bay! View it now, either on YouTube or by clicking below: Dr Chandra Salgado Kent (CMST, Curtin […]
The Australian Government has released a draft copy of the new conservation management plan for blue whales. The plan covers aspects of blue whale biology, current legal protection, the possible […]
Angela Recalde-Salas has just returned from Australia’s first ever Student Conference on Conservation Science, held in Brisbane by the Environmental Decisions Group (EDG) at the University of Queensland. She has […]
The ability to recognise individual whales within a population and track them over a period of time can provide important information for the management of a species. But just how […]
SouWEST’s Dr Chandra Salgado Kent features in the Australian Geographic Ask the Expert section to discuss whale acrobatics, and answer the question of “Why do whales jump?“. To read her […]
Next week, Angela Recalde-Salas (Centre for Marine Science and Technology (CMST)) will be attending the Student Conference on Conservation Science Australia. Running from the 21st January to the 1st February […]
It’s just been just over a week since the 2012 Geographe Bay whale season ended. The team have had a few days to tidy up, get all the equipment sorted, […]
On Wednesday, SouWEST researcher Sarah Marley will be giving a free public talk to the Busselton Naturalists Club. The talk will cover information about the history of whales in Geographe […]
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