Our final full day on Roatan at AKR and RIMS began with AM data collection! There were lots of dolphin leaps and breaches and some chases. Ronnie, Tank, and Rocky were in …
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Sea Star Adventures
AM data collection still brought really bad underwater visibility, but Kami and Georgie decided to tightly circle swim Kathleen. The featured photo is Kami watching Kathleen … who was really making the …
Fiesta Night! And, the CSU Streak is Alive!
Our student group is reveling in the fiesta night activities and kept CSU’s streak alive with a win in the hermit crab races … well done, Anson, and crab #20!
Data collection began …
Squiddin’ Around!
A great start to the day – the morning was dolphin-full! AM data collection followed by our dolphin encounter and swim. We met Buzz and learned more about him and his behaviors from Dante. Our swim had not great underwater visibility, but we still saw several dolphins, played …
Ray Day!
Our day began as it usually does … with AM dolphin data collection. Our featured photo is a frame grab from the video data collected with the front-facing GoPro on the MVA. The dolphins were waiting for …
Low Viz
Our day was packed! Data collection, breakfast, in the classroom (DCP, RIMS ID, Q&A), lunch, viewing AM video, reviewing AM data sheets and soon-to-be-collected space use data, snorkeling at Baileys, meeting Gracie & Trixie …
Body Rubs, Breaching, Object Play
Rain greeted us at 5 AM when we woke … but it was brief and the rest of the day was dry, if not really sunny. (Don’t worry, every blog post won’t start with a weather report!) We headed for Bailey’s Key at 6:40 AM and checked out who was …
1 Jan 26 – Happy New Year’s Day!!
Manon and I have come to enjoy spending the first day of the new year on Roatan at Anthony’s Key Resort (AKR) and the Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences (RIMS). The MIA airport was not as …
DCP Deep Dive: DCP’s Research at RIMS!
A Surprise Webinar! We recorded Kathleen’s Oct 2025 talk during the RIMS ecotour. Learn about different research topics DCP has been asking over the years!
Last Day! Last Day of data collection in 2025!
The pouring rain all night suggested we’d be washed (or muddied) out this morning. But that was not the case. Thank goodness for current! The current was a bit stronger than …