Our day was packed! We began with data collection, as you can see Natalie and Adilia doing in the cover image. Each day the note taking gets a bit more routine. While waiting for the water taxi, Amelia, Lauren, Halle, & Ember tested out the ‘big chair’! And after breakfast, we …
Category: Blog & Field Reports
First Day of Data Collection
This morning was our first early morning data collection session of surface observations while Kathleen was recording underwater video of the dolphins. It went well and we spent about 45 min asking questions and discussing methods for data collection and research questions before breakfast. We also had an introduction to DCP and to DCP’s research at RIMS, as well as an introduction to …
Delightful Dolphin Day!
A very early travel day brought our CSU team to Roatan in the early afternoon. Everyone got settled in followed by an orientation and then a visit to Bailey’s Key to meet the dolphins. After a yummy supper, we watched some of the video Kathleen recorded this morning and …
Travel to Roatan
As travel days go, ours was quite pleasant! About a 1.5 hour drive to Miami, followed by about a 2 hour flight from Miami to Roatan. The only lengthy portion of our travel day was the 47+ min wait in the TSA line. After a bit of time in Roatan immigration, we met Alexza and Greg for our …
Travel Preparations!
Packing day is always a long day! Manon and I are traveling to Roatan one day before our group. We have 3 big bags between us, which should cover our needs for 24 days! Three bags = three weeks … right? We look forward to a hopefully smooth flight day tomorrow and to welcoming CSU group 1 on Saturday. …
Deep Dive: Dolphins, Drones and Urine
Wednesday 4 January 2023, 7:00 pm ET on Zoom
In this talk, Dr. Jason Bruck will talk about communication, cognition and conservation in dolphins and help illuminate what we know about dolphin behavior as well as how we can use drones to evaluate dolphin health.
New, Annual Dolphin Gazette!
The Dolphin Gazette, DCP’s newsletter, has long been published quarterly. This year, we decided to change things up! The Dolphin Gazette is now published once a year as a compilation of our shorter email newsletters that are sent via email to our mailing list throughout the year. We hope you enjoy snuggling up and reliving the year with us!
Winter Themed Dolphin Coloring Book
For the young, and the young at heart, to inspire you all year round to respect and protect dolphins and their ocean home – we hope you enjoy this 8-page coloring book. Thank you to Ranke for the wonderful drawings. More activities at the Kids Science Activities page, under the Knowledge Hub. (Note, some pages… Continue reading Winter Themed Dolphin Coloring Book
Promo Code & Order Deadlines
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New Dolphin Coloring Page
Thank you to Ranke for providing us a new, whimsical coloring page! The dolphin is the host-with-the-most as they entertain their ocean friends during the winter holidays. Download and share your copy today!
More free Kids Science Activities under the Knowledge Hub.
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