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Tagging a Stranded Dolphin
On Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, concerned citizens in Matlacha reported a dolphin beached on a sandbar in Matlacha Pass. They alerted FWC and stood by till state biologists could arrive. Their actions and...
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Investigating Dolphin Diets
Dolphin 1258 feeds on a sea robin in Sarasota Bay in June 2026. Advancing quantitative fatty acid signature analysis (QFASA) for cetacean diet estimation: Methodological evaluation and ecological...
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Sharks and Dolphins in Sarasota Bay
Dolphin 6741, the 2025 calf of 1674, is shown here with a fresh shark bite wound we observed in September 2025. Did you know that in addition to studying dolphins, we also study sharks in collaboration...
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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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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...
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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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 ArticleRemembering Our Longest-Serving Volunteer
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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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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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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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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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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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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New Dolphin Calves — 2025
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...
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James “Buddy” Powell
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...
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Reducing Plastics and Phthalates in the Environment
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...
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Spinner Dolphin Studies
TADpole Breaks New Ground in Spinner Dolphin Studies During field work in O'ahu, Hawaii in earlier this summer (2025), SDRP collaborated with Robin Baird of Cascadia Research Collective to deploy...
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Remembering Buddy Powell
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...
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Buddy Powell: A Life on the Edge of the Sea In 2005, when James "Buddy" Powell was Director of Aquatic Conservation for Wildlife Trust, SDRP colleague Nadine Slimak had the opportunity to interview him...
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Plastics in Rural and Urban Dolphins
Dolphins Living Near Urban Coastline Show More Frequent Exposure to Chemicals from Plastics than those in Rural Area New study compared concentrations of endocrine-disrupting compounds between dolphins...
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