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By Ignacio (Nacho) Bruno, Aquamarina I come from San Clemente del Tuyú, a small city situated in the southern point of Samborombón Bay, Argentina, just where the La Plata River waters join the sea. This is an estuarine area with muddy waters, part of the coastal waters of Buenos Aires Province that represent the southern [...]

By Laura Howes, 2008 intern I came to the SDRP during the 2008 winter of my junior year in college with the goal of getting more field experience. I had spent a little time on boats and a little time observing the great whales of the Gulf of Maine. I felt Mote Marine Lab would [...]

By Bill Scott, FM, long-time SDRP volunteer Lightning had struck the radar at Buenos Aires airport so all flights were being handled manually. We sat around for five hours or so watching the departure notice screen change from one bewildering message to another until it said board for the flight to Viedma. Shortly after take [...]

By Brittany Martabano, BS, 2008 intern I sit up in Nai’a’s tower with Katie McHugh, my skipper, on my final day working on her graduate research project studying juvenile dolphin behavior. Despite the less-than-ideal weather conditions, we continue our focal follow with Holly, an eight-year-old female, determined to collect as much data as possible before [...]

By Abdul Wakid, PhD The Brahmaputra River system within India is one of the major habitats of the Gangetic dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica), which is an endangered species of freshwater dolphin found in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. Due to various anthropogenic pressures, the species has been declining at a rapid rate over the past two [...]