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we supported the Free Morgan Foundation with a sound file, which we have recorded in 2005 in northern Norway from a killer whale group we named P. After comparing calls uttered by Morgan in captivity we could match many calls to the repertoire of group P and can assume that they are closely related.We believe […]

2015 has come to an end, it was a challenging year full of hard struggles and some losses, the transition of Ocean Sounds AS (a Norwegian limited) into a non-profit Organization (Ocean Sounds e.V., located in Germany) was not easy and cost quite a lot of Norwegian kroner…. But it is done and we had

Mare TV Lofoten This German documentary shows different people living and working in Lofoten, among them whale researcher Heike Vester from Ocean Sounds.While the documentary shows the beautiful nature of Lofoten and covers many sides in detail, there are a few mistakes which need to be highlighted: 1) Heike Vester does not work alone, she

Dear members and friends of OceanSounds,   In 5 days Heike will present the projects of Ocean Sounds: On November 22 in the Gemeindehaus in Rohrbronn (25km from Stuttgart) at 5:30 pm she will give a talk in German about the research work of OceanSounds: Whales in Raja Ampat (Indonesia) as well as a short

We are happy to announce that Stromsholmen diving and USEA are helping us with the winter Orca field work!They are out to look for whales in the Tromsø – Senja region and they will collect data for us, and their guests can learn more about the whales and the work of Ocean Sounds through our

New film on Orcas by Thierry Simon featuring Pierre De Latour / Orques sans frontiers, Paul Watson / Sea Shepherd and Heike Vester / Ocean Sounds screened in Paris, France on the 2nd of October, please go there if you are around:https://www.facebook.com/events/108387509506497/

We have launched our new website with a new look and content – explore the new pictures and information. What is new? First of all it represents our now in Germany based environmental charity with our 3 main research projects in Lofoten, Patagonia and Raja Ampat. In addition you will find a species guide with

Boat is back in the water!We had 2 weeks of beautiful summer weather, but the engine was broken and we could not go out at sea to search for whales. Finally the engine is running again (not totally fixed) and we are out again, but the weather turned bad and cold and we have not

In May this year we received photos from a pod of Orcas that was seen in southern Norway, in the Skagerrak region. First I looked at our Photo-ID catalog of nearly 700 individuals from northern Norway, but we could not find a match. Then I asked people from the Icelandic Orca project if they know

This isn’t a summer break, the sun is shining and it is perfect to spot whales, just today we heard that a group of Orcas was in the Reinefjord!But we are forced to stay on land because the boat keeps having problems and we just have to send it to the mechanic over and over