We began our day early with data collection – In the featured photo you can see Marie, Bill and Morgan ready to document my entry (Thank you, Don, for the photo!). The greeting party took a few minutes to come over, but they were ...
Our first session for October went very well! I was able to collect about 31 min of video with the MVA and both GoPros (front and back facing). And, I was greeted by nearly everyone. I saw Mr. French and Tilly but did not think I got them on camera, then saw Tilly behind me on ...
Everyone arrived as expected and arrived to AKR in the early afternoon. The sunshine and breeze met us on after we got off the shuttle and welcomes to the resort. Bill and Don helped me get the MVA case from RIMS while Felicia and Morgan checked out their cabana. Marie’s flight was the last ...
I am still trying to comprehend where exactly this year has evaporated to! It’s passed in the blink of an eye, and I’m almost packed for my next trek to Roatan to collect more data and make more observations of the dolphins at the Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences (RIMS) at Anthony’s Key Resort (AKR)! I’m looking forward to seeing Ronnie, Gracie, Alita, the juveniles, even the ...
Our visit to Loro Parque has been very full and very productive! We are here for two reasons: 1) to observe killer whale behavior and 2) to film sequences for a longer film to showcase our studies of killer whale behavior at Loro Parque with a comparison to our observations of other ...
Congratulations to Kathleen - winner of the 2025 Kiessling Prize! It was a busy week of celebrating in Washington D.C. Click read more for Kathleen's thoughts and more pictures!
Application deadline 1 Sept 2025: International Master’s Programme in the Conservation Biology and Management of Large Marine Vertebrates – University of Bologna (Italy) Full program duration is Jan 2025 - Jun 2026 Course includes field time with Kathleen at RIMS!
Kathleen is spending the week in Orlando, Florida, collaborating with Dr. Heather Manitzas Hill (StMU), Alicia Virthe (StMU), and ManyOtters to continue our studies of the dolphins at Discovery Cove during interaction programs and helping with Heather’s ManyOtters project. For the dolphins, we’re...
This note might be short, but it was a long time in the making! We're happy to contribute this baseline information on the bottlenose dolphins off Bimini, The Bahamas. Congrats to Kel & the co-authors. This paper is available through Aquatic Mammals or you can contact DCP.
Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound: Volume 2 has been published! And inside you'll find the chapter, "Aquatic Mammals." Kathleen is first author and DCP congratulates her and all the co-authors on this great work. And guess what? This is open access, which means you can download it for free! Keep reading for the abstract and link.