Dolphin conservation is a team effort — from working together to understand dolphins and their communities, to understanding and mitigating the risks they face around the world. Every year, we spend thousands of hours on the water gathering data about the status of the dolphins in Sarasota Bay, learning about the
Dolphin F249 Stats Name: F249 Sex: Female Age: Born 2011 A Dolphin's Life We first observed F249 as a young-of-the-year calf of F185. Since then, we've documented 117 sightings of her, including our most recent sighting in January. She seems
Using Aerial Drones for Dolphin Research SDRP has a long history of taking to the skies to study dolphins. In the 1990s and early 2000s, a video camera suspended from a tethered blimp was used to get overhead behavioral records of dolphins and manatees. Today, given the sharp rise of
High-resolution data-loggers reveal fine-scale movement and foraging behavior of offshore dolphins “Bill,” an Atlantic spotted dolphin, with a satellite-linked tag on his dorsal fin and DTAG on his back upon release in September 2022. During offshore health assessments in September 2022, we deployed digital-acoustic archival tags (DTAGs) via suction cups on
Dolphin F295 Stats Name: F295 (formerly C79A) Sex: Female Age: Born 2021 A Dolphin's Life We’ve observed F295 more than 50 times since our first sighting of her as a newborn on April 7, 2021. She was the 11th calf
Since 1970, we’ve been studying Sarasota Bay’s dolphin community — getting to know their lineages, their companions and even their favorite hangouts. But understanding the dynamics of a population of animals also includes understanding how they interact with their environment, especially learning about the types of food they prefer, the places where they find
