My Encounter with a Gray Whale
Not too long ago the local newspaper featured the ongoing saga of a young female Orca stranded in a lagoon on the west coast of Canada. The two year old…
Patrick and the Whale: A PBS Nature Documentary
The other evening my favourite television channel PBS broadcast a documentary called Patrick and the Whale. The documentary follows marine videographer Patrick Dykstra as he searches for a particular whale…
The Whale of Emotions
I listened to an interview the other day about animals and emotions. The scientist stated that for decades researchers had been discouraged and sometimes ridiculed if there was any mention…