A team uses a seine net to capture fish in Sarasota Bay. The fish are released after they are catalogued as part of our prey fish studies, which began in 2004. Notes from the Lab and Field: Prey Fish Surveys Help Us Understand Dolphins Did you know that
Notes from the Lab and Field In September, we were once again over the West Florida Shelf tagging dolphins. This one, an Atlantic spotted dolphin nicknamed “Patty,” was seen the next day with a somewhat smaller dolphin that was acting like it might be her calf. In May 2022, we initiated
Coming to the Aid of Dolphin Calves Near Clearwater Things got scary for two dolphin calves off Clearwater before Halloween, when staff from Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) received reports about and observed two dolphins in the area they monitor entangled in fishing line. After getting permission from the National Marine Fisheries Service, we mounted
Meet the 2025 Sarasota Bay Dolphin Calves! Calf 2134, pictured above with mom F213, was the first Sarasota Bay calf documented in 2025. 2134's mom, also known as Maddie, was born in 2007 to FB55, who is part of a life-long and well-known female lineage in Sarasota Bay. FB55 is the third
Celebrating the Life of Dr. James "Buddy" Powell In 2025, the world has lost a conservation hero with the death of Buddy Powell in July. Buddy was a pioneer in manatee research and conservation, whose work led to protected spaces for manatees in Florida and around the world. In November, Clearwater Marine
Help Wild Dolphins and Other Marine Life by Reducing Plastics and Phthalates in Your Life More than 170 trillion plastic particles end up in our oceans annually where they impact marine life in a variety of negative ways. Animals can mistake plastics for their traditional food sources and eat it — think
A Tribute to James A. “Buddy” Powell, Ph.D. We lost a wonderful friend and colleague, and the world has lost a conservation hero with the death of Buddy Powell early on July 19 from cancer. Buddy was a pioneer in manatee research and conservation, whose work led to protected spaces
What do TADpoles have to do with dolphins? Development of a remote Tag Attachment Device The Sarasota Dolphin Research Program has acted as a testbed for the development of many innovative methods to study marine mammals. Since 1975, Sarasota Bay has been used extensively for testing electronic tags, including radio-tags and
¿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
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
