Microplastics Detected in Dolphin Breath
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...
View ArticleDolphins Rescued from Shallow Lagoon
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...
View ArticleTwo Offshore Dolphins Tagged
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...
View ArticleBiennial Conference on Marine Mammals 2024
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...
View ArticlePuzzle — Gotcha!
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View ArticlePhthalates and Dolphins
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...
View ArticleFtalatos y Delfines
¿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...
View ArticleDolphins and Diabetes
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...
View ArticleTADpoles and Dolphins
What do TADpoles have to do with dolphins? Development of a remote Tag Attachment Device on a pole. The Sarasota Dolphin Research Program has acted as a testbed for the development of many innovative...
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