10/23/2025
Our friends with the American Cetacean Society of Orange County will be hosting a fantastic virtual lecture today at 7pm all about tracking and understanding Bigg’s killer whales from California to Alaska. Click their link to sign up for their webinar TONIGHT!
ACS Speaker Series featuring Jared Towers
Date & Time: Oct 23, 2025 07:00 PM in
Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_57OPVE7LRV2QR6s8ExhfSA #/registration
Description: Tracking and understanding Bigg’s killer whales from California to Alaska
Synopsis:
The West Coast Transient (WCT) population of the Bigg’s killer whale eco-type ranges throughout coastal and shelf edge waters from California to Alaska. Years of ongoing research has resulted in broad-based knowledge about this population, but by applying AI to photo-identification, our understanding and appreciation of these animals is significantly deepened. In this presentation Jared provides up to date results on the abundance, health and behaviours of WCTs, as well as the technologies being developed to non-invasively track and understand them, in near real time.
Bio:
Jared’s work primarily revolves around studying the movements, behaviour, abundance, and ecology of cetacean populations using direct observations and remote sensing technology. He typically spends over 100 days a year at sea conducting field research on killer whales in both hemispheres, but has also been involved in studies on minke, humpback, fin, sei, blue, grey, right and s***m whales in the North Pacific, South Atlantic, Indian, and Southern Oceans. Jared manages several killer whale population datasets, helps advise and direct a number of cetacean research and conservation organizations in North America, has published several scientific articles, and in addition to conducting conservation based field research also responds to cetacean incidents such as entanglements, entrapments, and strandings.
