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WhaleResearch.org is the official website for The Center for Cetacean Research & Conservation. The CCRC is a tax-exempt, non-profit organization founded to conserve cetaceans and the ecosystems they inhabit.

UPDATES

MARCH 2009 Footprints on the Water, The Nan Hauser Story is featuring on the Smithsonian HD TV network. Click here to find out how and when you can watch it (or visit: HD On Demand > Nature & History > Smithsonian Channel > Footprints on the Water.)

 

Whale Research Nan Hauser and her dedicated team of whale researchers and scientists conduct their annual field season researching beaked and humpback whales in the Cook Islands and the Bahamas. View the Cook Islands Whale Research (CIWR) YouTube video: Cuviers Beaked Whale Stranding in Rarotonga below.

Click here to read more about CIWR and CCRC's work and adventures...

 

The Great Whale Trail

Great Whale Trail


The Great Whale Trail is a Scientific satellite tagging project for the 'Great Whale Trail', a collaboration between Cook Islands Whale Research, NOAA's National Marine Mammal Lab, Operation Cétacés in New Caledonia and Instituto Aqualie to track the migratory behaviour of humpback whales from their breeding grounds in the South Pacific to their feeding grounds in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. This project is tracking 12 whales tagged in New Caledonia and 8 in the Cook Islands and is funded by Greenpeace International. More...

 

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Satellite Tagging Project 2007

More on the exciting South Pacific humpback tracking project

crittercam
Crittercam

How we tagged the rare
beaked whale with the
Nat.Geo Crittercam!
Jamieson
Satellite Tag 2006-07

We tracked Jamieson and her calf Mermar's journey from the Cooks to the Antarctic.

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South Pacific
Humpback Whales

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Beaked Whales

CCRC researchers shot the first quality underwater footage of beaked whales.

bahamas
Beaked Whale Survey

Notes and images from recent years' survey work in the Bahamas.


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SPWRC & CCRC Team Bio's
A biography of each of the CCRC & SPWRC team members.

Updates
Updates from the field
Regular updates from Nan Hauser and her team on progress in the field.

Who helps the Whale Research project and how do I donate?

Please download our brochure and donation form (PDF 170K) or visit our Support page

Research Gallery
Research Gallery
Nan's photos from the field.

Rarotonga
The Cook Islands
The Cook Islands span roughly the same longitudes as the Hawaiian archipelago
but lie about 2000 miles to the south.
Whale Education Centre Rarotonga Cook Islands
Whale Education Centre
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
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Whale Adventures
Whale Adventures

Read about the sights and experiences the team has had while in the research field.

Humpback breach
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Length. 7 sec
Humpback breathe
Size. 423 KB
Length. 18 sec

Humpback Song 98
Length - 22 seconds
Size - 220 KB

 

Beaked whales surfacing
Length - 21 seconds
Size - 1.24 MB
Beaked whales underwater
Size. 1.68 MB
Length. 48 sec
Beaked whales followed
Size. 358 KB
Length. 7 sec

 

Turtle Survey Site
Track Palmerston Turtles to Fiji by Satellite

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