Feature: Passion for whales takes Cape Town residents to citizen science

by Xinhua writer Lyu Tianran, Fred Barker

CAPE TOWN, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Just around 7:50 a.m. on a normal day in July, messages of sighting whales along Cape Peninsula, southwestern end of the African continent, started coming in Alex Vogel's phone.

"2 HB passing FH at speed. Heading Muizenberg," read a message in his 600-member Telegram group for whale and dolphins sighting in Cape Town, informing other