Wild Dolphin Project: Winter in the Bahamas
The Wild Dolphin Project recently took a trip to the Bahamas to see what the dolphins were up to this winter! Winter trips are historically challenging due to cooler north winds causing giant swells in the Gulf Stream. However, with a more flexible schedule we were able to wait it
Nassau the “Afghan Girl” Dolphin
During the summer of 2013 award-winning photographer Brian Skerry joined the Wild Dolphin Project to photograph Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) for an article by National Geographic Magazine on dolphin intelligence. In particular, Brian wanted to photograph an adult female dolphin named Nassau. Nassau was on the September 1992
Leaving Room for the Wild and Space for the Free – Dr. Denise L Herzing
As I write this blog our field season has ended, but in Taiji, Japan the dolphin slaughter has once again begun. The purposeful slaughter of dolphins is horrific. The thought of families being killed, or witnessing their mothers and brothers being killed, is beyond belief. Despite the decades of
FIELD NOTES – SUMMER 2012
BLOG 2012 Dr. Denise Herzing, Summer 2012 May 2012 Trip 1 – We are back in the Bahamas for our 28th field season study the Atlantic spotted dolphins. First encounter with two mother/calf pairs, Venus/Val and Naia/Nematocyst. Venus is looking pregnant as she swims along side her 2-year old,