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With the intensification of natural disasters such as floods and droughts due to climate change, governments and corporations around the...

At Whale Seeker, we’re always interested in the value chain of maritime trade where environmental responsibility can enter — or already...

“How accurate is it?” is a pertinent question for new AI applications — but one that can be deceptively hard to answer. Why? Because the...

If you’re on this blog, you will have no doubt learned the importance of remote sensing methods like aerial surveying for monitoring...

A year into the pandemic and we’ve learned a lot at Whale Seeker. None of us co-founders have created companies before so we can’t start...

One widespread concern over AI’s place in the future is that many, or even most, meaningful areas of human employment will be made...

The importance of data (and lots of it) for AI is old news by now. What’s less well known, but becoming increasingly apparent, is that...

Photo by Lars Bo Nielsen on Unsplash Those of us who are interested in environmental causes often find ourselves asking, if we know what...

Photo credit:  Fisheries and Oceans Canada Belugas: the Arctic white whales are not only beloved for their amicable nature; they are also...

As human impacts on whales become an increasingly critical issue, monitoring whales’ distributions and numbers are bound to be a key part...

Photo by Dick Martin on Unsplash Almost forty years after commercial whaling was halted, humans remain the leading cause of mortality for...

From steam engines to digital communication, the benefits of new technologies have often been concentrated with their creators and...

This year, Whale Seeker is going to MAIS 2020! Ok, so not ‘going’ in the traditional sense - actually presenting online but an...

What do a whale detection company and a fashion brand have in common? LOTS, it turns out! I met Nina, CEO of Lantinga Vita, at a B...

As biologists and entrepreneurs, we are uniquely placed to understand that there is no healthy alternative to sustainable development....

Photo by Artak Petrosyan In a globalized world, countries rely heavily on one another for goods and products. Shipping plays a huge role...

For some, artificial intelligence (AI) is a way to save the world; for others, it’s a black box they can’t trust. And for science fiction...

Since the 1970s, the “maximize shareholder value” mentality has been evolving into a new outlook—one that emphasizes the value of...

International laws regarding whale protection include the International Whaling Convention of 1946, which implemented a ban on commercial...

Photo credit: Emily Tissier Whale Seeker is headquartered in Montréal, more specifically in the Rosemont Petite-Patrie neighbourhood, and...