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The rearing and socialization of Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) calves has been suggested to be an exclusively maternal role (Mann & Smuts, 1999). However, a longitudinal study conducted with a population under managed care at Dolphins Plus, suggests that cohabitation between a paternal male and offspring revealed that males play an active role [...]
On April 22nd, Earth Day, the Dolphins Plus and Dolphin Cove animal care interns participated in a conservation effort known as “canal clean up”. Both Dolphins Plus and Dolphin Cove facilities reside on natural saltwater systems, (the Atlantic Ocean and the Florida Bay), which provide water to our facilities, as well as an ecosystem for [...]
Alexandria is a recent graduate of the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. She began working on her honors thesis during the summer of 2010 with Drs. Jill Richardson and Holli Byerly, studying the efficacy of bilateral cataract removal surgery in a California sea lion named “Wono”. While previous studies have [...]
Kelley Winship is a recent graduate from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, with majors in Marine Science and Biology and a minor in Psychology. She is currently working with her advisor from UM, Dr. Jill Richardson, on an ongoing undergraduate thesis exploring color vision in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) using [...]
Shelby Loos is a recent graduate from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, with majors in Marine Science and Biology and minors in Chemistry and Psychology. During an internship at Dolphins Plus in the summer of 2010, she began working on an honors thesis with Drs. Jill Richardson, Holli Byerly, [...]
Dolphins Plus and Island dolphin care are proud to announce that Squirt gave birth on August 13th at approximately 1:00am to a baby boy named Tashi
Dolphins Plus would like to welcome the Research Interns for Summer 2012! Brittany Jones, Sarah Nadler, Julie Cossavell, and Natalie Weil will be joining our research team for the next 12 weeks. The research internship is a unique opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to work with our staff scientists and participate in cutting edge research [...]
Dolphins Plus would like to welcome the summer 2012 Animal Care and Training interns! For the next 3 months Jean Paul Sastre, Ali Sullivan, Kate Lawrence, Jennifer Schumacher, Melissa Lopes, and Melanie Fox will obtain practical experience in the marine mammal and training field via the Dolphins Plus Animal Care and Training Internship. These interns [...]
Within the last month, Baby Bit (BB) has reached a new milestone and is now interacting with guests in Dolphins Plus’ structured swim!!! With the guidance of her mother, Ding, and some determination, Baby Bit is now participating in behaviors such as moving rubs and bows. BB is learning a vast amount at this stage in [...]
Baby Bit (BB), now 7 months old, has recently become very inquisitive with our guests during both the structured and natural swims. In the natural swim, she can often be seen weaving in and out of snorkelers, trying to dizzy swimmers as she circles around them, repetitively. Baby Bit seems to have an endless amount of [...]