Some species

being studied by Cascadia Research Collective (from top left to bottom right): humpback whale, Blainville's beaked whale, blue whale, Townsend's big eared bat, false killer whale, gray whale, killer whale with harbor porpoise. All photos (c)

Cascadia Research is a non-profit, tax-exempt (recognized by the IRS under501c3) scientific and education organization based in Olympia, Washington, USA. We were founded in 1979 primarily to conduct research needed to manage and protect threatened marine mammals.

Recent news (select for details):

Updates from our May 2012 Hawai‘i field project (15 May 2012)

Examination of dead gray whale from Saratoga Passage, Whidbey Island (23 April 2012)

Stranding of one of the long-beaked common dolphins in Puget Sound (29 March 2012)

New updated catalog of N Puget Sound gray whales available (19 March 2012)

Masters Thesis on short-finned pilot whale social organization in Hawai‘i (12 March 2012)

New publication on Bryde's whale sightings off California (28 February 2012)

Cascadia in the News

Cascadia's comments on proposed government actions

Current Projects

Cascadia's Qualifications
Biologists at Cascadia
Cascadia's Reports and Publications

SPLASH - Humpback whale study
Humpback and Blue Whale Photo ID Research (US West Coast)