Topic: Creative Dolphins – Killer Whales v Dolphins
Live: Mon, May 6, 6p ET
*Password Req’d*
Learn about how two species of dolphins performed on a test of creativity from Dr. Heather Hill!
Tag: webinar
North Atlantic Right Whale Webinar
Topic: North Atlantic Right Whales
Live: Tue 26 Mar 2024, 6:00 pm ET
–Password Required–
Learn about the plight of these endangered whales from Lauren Rust, founder and director of the Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network.
Mother-Calf Contact Webinar
Topic: Contacts in Mother/Calf Dolphins
Live: Wed 20 March, 5:30p ET
Learn about DCP’s recent study on tactile exchanges from graduate student Savanna!
DCP Deep Dive: Sperm Whale Reproduction & Society
Sperm whales are well known for being deep-diving predators with extraordinary hunting abilities. They also have a fascinating social system, much of which is shaped by their reproductive strategies and calf-caring behavior. This talk goes beyond DCP’s team and main study species, reviewing what scientists currently know about sperm whale sociality and reproduction, as well as outstanding questions.
This presentation was given by Ana Eguiguren on 6 Feb 2024.
DCP Deep Dive: Human-made noise impacts bottlenose dolphins’ ability to work together
Human-made noise poses a significant problem for a wide range of animals. In this talk Pernille Meyer Sørensen presents the results of a recent study done in collaboration with the Dolphin Research Center, in Florida, in which they investigated how noise affected two dolphins working together.
DCP Deep Dive: A Dolphin’s Guide to Maintaining Friendships
Emma Chereskin talks about the male bottlenose dolphins of Shark Bay, Australia in this “Deep Dive.” These dolphins form the most complex alliance structure outside of humans. Forming alliances, and maintaining those friendships, is vital in securing paternities and protecting females from rival males. In this talk, Emma explores the wide variety of mechanisms, such as touch, synchrony, and sound, used by these dolphins to maintain their decades-long friendships.
DCP Deep Dive: Dolphins, Drones, and Urine
Dr. Jason Bruck takes viewers on a meandering journey studying one of the world’s coolest animals. This talk covers communication, cognition, and conservation in dolphins and helps illuminate what we know about dolphin behavior as well as how we can use drones to evaluate dolphin health.
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.
DCP Deep Dive: Distribution of dolphins in nearshore Bimini waters
In this talk, you’ll learn more about DCP’s study on the sympatric distribution of Atlantic spotted and bottlenose dolphins immediately off Bimini’s shores. How do these two dolphin species stay separate? And what type of behaviors do we observe in this nearshore area? Two of the authors, Kel Melillo-Sweeting and Christine Ribic led this talk. The topic was also presented at the SMM conference in August 2022 and featured in a 2022 episode of The Dolphin Pod.
DCP Deep Dive: Lateralization of socio-sexual behavior in belugas
*CW: This talk discusses sexual interactions in non-human animals. For mature audiences.*
In this talk from Dr. Lilley, you’ll learn more about the socio-sexual behavior of belugas (or white whales) and the recent research that examined whether beluga socio-sexual behavior is lateralized.