Dolphin Research: Studying Family Trees
At the Wild Dolphin Project, we track individual animals throughout their entire lives and their family trees — who is related to who. Knowing how animals are animals are related allows us to understand more about their social structure, behavior, communication and more. On addition to our formal database, on
2021 Field Season Summary
Following an almost non-existent 2020 field season due to COVID-19, we were anxious to start this year. We did not have a full 2021 field season however, because every season has its bumps. But we did gather basic life history information and we saw plenty of dolphins! We saw a
6th Trip of 2016
Trip 6 (July 12th – 20th) It’s a BOY? GIRL? Well it’s a Fourth Generation!! An exciting start to Trip 6, we were able to observe a small pod of pantropical spotted dolphins, Stenella attenuata, in the Gulf Stream, on our way over to the Bahamas. Although this species has