http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/13405/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/her-name-was-alacran/33939 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/her_name_was_alacran.jpg" alt="" title="Shown above is the fluke of Alacran, the first blue whale ever encountered by the author of this article. She was first identified by the Mingan Island Cetacean Study on August 18, 1985, in the St Lawrence Gulf. Zack Metcalfe photo" width="450" height="276" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>It took us eight minutes to spot our first whale after leaving harbour. Just eight minutes before field biologist Katy Gavrilchuk pointed parallel to the coast of Gaspé and shouted &ldquo;eleven o&rsquo;clock!&rdquo;</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/her-name-was-alacran/33939" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/her-name-was-alacran/33939#comments Zack Metcalfe Environnement blue whale Gulf of St.Lawrence Mingan Island Cetacean Study Sat, 26 Sep 2015 15:25:41 +0000 Robert DeVet 33939 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/low-calving-rates-among-blue-whales-cause-concern/31302 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The old get older and the young are never born </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/calving_photo.jpg" alt="" title="A blue whale mother and her calf in the Sea of Cortez. Photo courtesy of the Great Whale Conservancy" width="450" height="235" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Each blue whale has a unique pattern of spots on its back, like a fingerprint or a nametag. These spots allow researchers to identify each whale as either a newcomer, or an old friend.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/low-calving-rates-among-blue-whales-cause-concern/31302" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/low-calving-rates-among-blue-whales-cause-concern/31302#comments Zack Metcalfe Environnement blue whale Endangered Species Gulf of St Lawrence Mingan Island Cetacean Study Zack Metcalfe Tue, 29 Jul 2014 18:10:08 +0000 Zack Metcalfe 31302 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca