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Mr. Mom!

May 15th, 2013

  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 [...]

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Earth Day Canal Clean Up.

May 13th, 2013

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 [...]

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Wono Light Trials

January 10th, 2013

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 [...]

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Kelley Winship a recent graduate from the University of Miami’s

August 31st, 2012

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 [...]

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Dolphins Plus works with Shelby Loos on her Honors Thesis.

August 31st, 2012

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, [...]

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The Newest Member of the Dolphins Plus family!!

August 31st, 2012

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

New Research Interns for Summer 2012

June 18th, 2012

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 [...]

New Animal Care Interns for the Summer of 2012

June 18th, 2012

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 [...]

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Check out what BB is doing now!

May 24th, 2012

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 [...]

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Baby Bit (BB), now 7 months old.

May 2nd, 2012

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 [...]

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