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Disentangling Dolphins
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...
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Atlantic Spotted Dolphins Tagged in September 2025
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...
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Dolphin Community Update
Notes from the Lab and Field: 2025 Dolphin Community Update January 2026 Happy New Year! A new year begins, and we have been able to conduct the first of our Sarasota Bay monthly dolphin surveys under...
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Crystal River Rescue
A Nighttime Rescue in Crystal River Capt. Justin Dymond of Florida Bowfishing Adventures in Crystal River contacted Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) in December to report that a dolphin he had been...
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Fish Surveys Help Us Understand Dolphins
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...
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Remembering Ralph Arden On Feb. 6, 2026, we were saddened by the death of our friend and longest-serving volunteer, Ralph Arden, after an extended battle with cancer. Ralph first engaged with the SDRP...
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Tagging Dolphins in the Galápagos
In April 2026, members of our team traveled to the Galápagos, a UNESCO World Heritage site. There, we (Aaron Barleycorn, field manager and senior researcher, staff scientist Dr. Krystan Wilkinson, and...
View ArticleHuman Activity Can Reshape Dolphin Social Lives
New Research Shows Human Activity Can Reshape Dolphin Social Lives Study of Sarasota Bay bottlenose dolphins finds human-linked foraging and red tide events influence how dolphins associate with one...
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New Dolphin Calves — 2026
Meet the 2026 Sarasota Bay Dolphin Calves! On May 1, 2026, we spotted the first calf of the year. 22-year-old Mom, Keeley (F209), had her sixth documented calf. Keeley is the granddaughter to Rebecca...
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Transitions and Changes
Passing the Torch to the Next Generation of Dolphin Researchers After founding the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program and directing it for nearly six decades, Dr. Randy Wells is passing the leadership...
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