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Marine mammal rescue efforts near Vancouver Island

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Latest: Vancouver Island humpback calf rescued from fishing gear entanglement

Recent marine wildlife incidents near Vancouver Island have involved both stranded and entangled whales. In July, a seven-year-old Bigg’s killer whale named Corvus became stranded on a beach in the Strait of Juan de Fuca

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Humpback whale birth captured by drone in Australia

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Latest: Drone captures first aerial footage of humpback whale birth in Australia

In late July 2026, a drone operator from the non-profit Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia (ORRCA) captured aerial footage of a humpback whale giving birth off the coast of Kingscliff, New