J. Daisy Kaplan, Ph.D.

Daisy Kaplan has been studying the behavior of dolphins and whales for over a decade. She completed her Master’s degree at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, where she studied juvenile social interactions among wild spotted dolphins in White Sand Ridge, Bahamas, while leading ecotourist groups for Oceanic Society. She then served as a researcher and naturalist for The Whale Center of New England, studying the behavior of humpback whales. Her PhD work looked at the acoustic characteristics and contextual use of whistles in sympatric species of wild bottlenose and spotted dolphins in Bimini, The Bahamas.

Marie Trone, Ph.D.

Marie Trone, PhD, is a Professor of Biology at Valencia College,  Kissimmee, Florida and an Adjunct Professor, Brain and Behavior  Science at University of Southern Mississippi.