The Sarasota Bay Dolphin Diet May Provide Important Clues to Prevent Diabetes Just like people, some dolphins are susceptible to prediabetes, also called metabolic syndrome. This syndrome includes elevated insulin, glucose, triglycerides, fatty liver disease and associated iron overload. While metabolic syndrome is not a direct cause of death in dolphins, it
¿Los cambios en los patrones climáticos expondrán a los delfines a más sustancias químicas? Un estudio en la bahía de Sarasota, Florida, tiene como objetivo comprender si el exceso de lluvias y las mareas rojas afectan la concentración de contaminantes químicos en los delfines. Desde 2016, el College of
Will Changing Weather Patterns Expose Dolphins to More Chemicals? Sarasota Bay, Florida, study aims to understand whether excess rainfall and red tides impact the concentration of chemical contaminants in dolphins Since 2016, the College of Charleston and its partners at the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program (SDRP) have been studying
We participated in or led a dozen presentations during the 25th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals hosted by the Society for Marine Mammalogy, the largest global organization of individuals interested in marine mammal research and conservation. The conference, which took place in Perth, Australia, in November 2024, focused on "Culture and
Dolphins Tagged Off the West Florida Shelf We were able to sneak in a day of offshore field work between fronts the week of Dec. 18, 2024. We tagged two Atlantic spotted dolphins off the central west coast of Florida as part of our ongoing testing of our pole-mounted Tag Attachment Device
Dolphins Rescued from Lagoon off Pine Island Two dolphins are back in deeper waters after being rescued from a shallow lagoon along Pine Island Creek on the east side of Pine Island, Florida. The dolphins were first reported to Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) on
Every Breath They Take? New Study Suggests Dolphins are Inhaling Plastics A member of the SDRP research team holds a petri dish over a dolphin's blowhole to collect a breath sample during a health assessment. In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have detected microplastic particles in the
Paper Provides New Insights on How Microplastics are Moving From Prey to Predator A new research paper based on studies conducted in Sarasota Bay is providing insights on how microplastics are moving from prey to predator — indicating that dolphins are ingesting microplastics contained in the fish they eat and potentially providing
