See a BLOW ? Go SLOW! HOW to Avoid Ship STRIKE With Whales?
As magical as an encounter with a whale could be, sometimes the encounter can turn into a drama. Collisions with whales are unexpected...
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Virginie Wyss
Nov 203 min read
Landbirds find on vessel offshore France
I did a campaign offshore France in November 2024 and we were very surprised to see a high quantity of landbirds travelling at night....
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Virginie Wyss
Oct 31, 20191 min read
Happy Whale project and how to participate to Whale mapping
Happywhale tracks individual whales throughout our world's oceans. They believe that whale watching guides, naturalists and passengers are v
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Virginie Wyss
Oct 31, 20195 min read
North Atlantic Right Whales the endangered tribe
The North Atlantic right whale is one of the world’s most endangered large whale species, with only about 400 whales remaining. Two other sp
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Virginie Wyss
Oct 31, 20192 min read
La baleine boréale et son élixir de jeunesse
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/north-atlantic-right-whale
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Virginie Wyss
Oct 31, 20196 min read
Bowhead Whales
About The Species Bowhead whales are one of the few whale species that reside almost exclusively in Arctic and subarctic waters...
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Virginie Wyss
Oct 30, 20192 min read
Satellite and whales
Satellite images are a very promising field to study wildlife and changing ecosystem. A recent article speaks about stranded whales.
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Virginie Wyss
Oct 30, 20193 min read
The Arctic Pledge
Help the Ocean Conservancy by signing the Pledge about the Arctic shipping Line.
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Virginie Wyss
Oct 24, 20191 min read
Step by step to use Passive Acoustic Monitoring
Step by Step Guide to set up a passive acoustic monitoring
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Virginie Wyss
Oct 24, 20191 min read
Monitoring the endangered Vaquita population with Passive acoustic C-PODs
A case study made by WWF of passive acoustic monitoring for the Vaquita:
Vaquita (phocoena sinus) are shy purpoises endemic
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Virginie Wyss
Oct 24, 20192 min read
What is passive acoustic monitoring? And why is it used for?
Passive acoustic monitoring, or just ‘acoustic monitoring’, involves surveying and monitoring wildlife and environments using sound recorder
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Virginie Wyss
Oct 23, 20191 min read
Photo ID + Tagging how do we do it?
What are doing Marine Biologist with Humpback Niue Whale Research Photo ID + Tagging
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Virginie Wyss
Oct 23, 20194 min read
Why are MMOs important during Seismic survey?
The work of Marine Mammal Observers (MMOs) and PAMs (passive acoustic monitors) are to monitor the area before the work begins.
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Virginie Wyss
Oct 22, 20191 min read
Open Tag Project
A very promising new Tag to follow marine animals in their daily lives developed by Duke conservation Tech.
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Virginie Wyss
Oct 21, 20194 min read
Présence MMO et sismique, pourquoi est-ce important?
L’univers des cétacés est avant tout sonore, car la vue porte à quelques dizaines de mètres, sous l’eau, alors que les sons portent à des di
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Virginie Wyss
Oct 21, 20192 min read
Pourquoi protéger les baleines?
Une grande baleine vaut 2 mio de $ selon une étude, voici pourquoi il est important de protéger les baleines
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