Studies of the potential impacts of Deep Water Horizon oil are continuing. A team of more than 100 veterinarians, biologists, and trained handlers from around the world completed a bottlenose dolphin health assessment project in Sarasota Bay during May 6-10, 2013. They sampled about 10% of the members of the locally resident dolphin population. Under [...]
I suppose that I’m not the typical marine biologist because I did not grow up dreaming of working with marine animals, much less marine mammals. In fact, in middle school I planned on a pre-med and theater double-major in college, which I suppose would have meant practicing medicine during the week and community theater on [...]
The Yangtze River is the longest river in China and the third longest river in the world. The River is very important for China, and it is called the River of Mother by the local people, not only because it nourishes hundreds of millions of Chinese people, but also because of its rich biodiversity. Moreover, [...]
The Sarasota Dolphin Research Program has rescued many dolphins over the years. These rescues vary from remote disentanglement of fishing line, to treatment and release in the field, to transport for rehabilitation at Mote’s dolphin and whale hospital. An important part of any intervention is post-release monitoring in order to learn what works and what [...]
This year, the SDRP successfully rescued one of our own resident dolphins, Lizzie (F113), during our July health assessment project. Lizzie is the 16-year-old daughter of well-known Sarasota female “Killer,” and she is now a young mother with calves of her own. Lizzie was one of ten dolphins outfitted with an improved satellite-linked tag design [...]
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