Happy New Year! First up, a DCP Deep Dive: Exploring the Dolphin Mind. Jan 14th at 6p ET.
Category: Webinars
DCP Deep Dive: A Plan for Comparison of Video Data from the Drone and Underwater Perspectives, with occasional feline supervision
DCP’s own Kathleen & John share a bit of DCP’s latest project, bringing a drone perspective to data collection at the Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences (RIMS).
DCP Deep Dive: Learning from Longitudinal Research on Beluga Sexual Behavior, Implications for Welfare and Conservation
Learn about longitudinal research of beluga sexual behavior, including developmental patterns, sociosexual behavior, and reproductive behavior and the implications for welfare and conservation from Dr. Malin Lilley!
DCP Deep Dive: The Vaquita: The World’s Most Endangered Marine Mammal
The most endangered marine mammal in the world is the vaquita, a tiny porpoise found only in the northern Gulf of California, Mexico. It has been reduced to about 8-12 individuals through by-catch in gillnets. Learn about this unique species from Dr. Thomas A. Jefferson.
DCP Deep Dive: Do Narwhals Have Names?
Signature calls are calls that animals use to identify each other, and they are rare in the animal kingdom! Bottlenose dolphins have them, but do narwhals? Find out what the research tells us so far in this talk led by Dr. Audra Ames.
DCP Dolphin Lesson: Shhhh! Keeping the Ocean Quiet for Whales
Dr. Lindy discussed how whales and dolphins are sensitive to underwater noise pollution, what the main sources of this pollution are, and possible solutions, including what kids can do to help. She showed a few slides from her year-long research trip across the Pacific Ocean, studying sperm whale sounds, with her then 5 yr. old and 10-mo. old. (CW: graphic photo from 7:15-7:26.)
DCP Deep Dive: Quieting Noise in the Sea – Acoustic Damage to Whales and What We Can Do About It
Whales and dolphins are sensitive to underwater noise pollution. Topics covered in this talk include the main sources of underwater noise pollution, the various impacts that have been found, and possible solutions.
DCP Deep Dive: Creative Dolphins – Killer Whales vs Dolphins
Have you heard about dolphins being creative? In this Deep Dive, learn details about how two species of dolphins (yes! Killer whales are dolphins!) performed on a test of creativity and how these findings might be related to understanding how dolphins learn new behaviors or adapt to different environments.
DCP Deep Dive: Risky Interactions
Topic: Deleterious behaviors and risks related to close interactions between humans and free-ranging dolphins
In this talk, Pamela Carzon reviews the current distribution and deleterious behaviors and risks associated with close dolphin / human encounters worldwide, and management indications that may help improving animal welfare and conservation, and human safety. **CONTENT WARNING**
DCP Deep Dive: Right Whales, What’s Wrong?
CW: Conversations about whale deaths, photographs of entangled, injured, and dead whales are included in this talk.
North Atlantic Right Whales (NARWs) are critically endangered and face many threats throughout their habitat on the Atlantic coast. Learn more about the plight of NARWs, including their life history, threats they face, and how you can help, from Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network’s Lauren Rust.
Love dolphins? Love science? You've come to the right place!
Whether you’re a young student interested in learning more about dolphin biology, a college student looking for internship experiences working with dolphins, or a seasoned researcher hoping to connect with colleagues on topics of dolphin behavior, ecology, or cognition, you’ve come to the right place.
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