Editor’s Note: Most of what follows is applicable to our waters, doubly so because MERS operates in our waters. Stay tuned to see if there are any scenes from Cortes or the surrounding islands in the BBC story.

Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Whale researcher Jackie Hildering and her colleagues never imagined their work on humpbacks would capture the attention of the globe’s premier documentary series.
Or that whale poo would be of such interest to Planet Earth — BBC’s famous nature show.
Continue reading BBC’s Planet Earth does a deep dive on West Coast whale poo