by Bethany Smith | Oct 11, 2022 | Map
Rescuing Winter the Dolphin The Dolphin Tale movie brought to the big screen the true story of Winter, a severely injured dolphin who stranded off the Florida coast and received breakthrough medical care that allows her to swim with a prosthetic tail. While her story...
by Bethany Smith | Sep 8, 2022 | Map
Genetic analysis proves white seabass replenishment success In a four-year collaborative study between HSWRI and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR), genotypes were made for 500 seabass brood fish dating back to 1996, when the Carlsbad hatchery...
by Bethany Smith | Sep 8, 2022 | Map
COVID's impact on long-term research and field work Beginning in March 2020, the Institute implemented procedures designed to minimize risks to employee health, closing its doors to the public and limiting employee presence at all facilities to essential...
by Bethany Smith | Sep 8, 2022 | Map
Preventing marine mammal entanglements Marine mammals are vulnerable to entanglement in nets and lines, so we tested whether pingers attached to fishing gear would deter entanglements with various marine at SeaWorld San Diego. Marine mammal responses to pingers...
by Bethany Smith | Sep 8, 2022 | Map
First discovery of an astrovirus in a marine mammal Astroviruses are a type of virus that was first discovered in 1975 using electron microscopes following an outbreak of diarrhea in humans. In 2010, there were only one known astrovirus in humans and six officially...
by Bethany Smith | Sep 8, 2022 | Map
First toxic red tide on Florida's Atlantic coast HSWRI researchers were part of the team that documented the first mass mortality of bottlenose dolphins and Florida manatees caused by a severe bloom of the toxic algal species Karenia brevis along the eastern coast of...
