by Bethany Smith | Oct 11, 2022
HSWRI’s Marine Mammal Stranding Team and other animal care experts struggled for almost an entire day to save the life of Winter, the dolphin featured in Dolphin Tale. Winter was a severely injured dolphin stranded off the Florida coast and received breakthrough...
by Bethany Smith | Sep 12, 2022
A ten-year study found that juvenile bottlenose dolphins maintain social ties with other dolphins, from calves to juveniles, with especially strong ties with their mothers and siblings. Read more
by Bethany Smith | Sep 9, 2022
By utilizing SeaWorld’s unparalleled zoological collection of marine mammals, HSWRI researchers tested acoustic pingers to prevent marine mammal entanglements with fishing nets and lines – and the results were striking! Read more
by Bethany Smith | Sep 9, 2022
Yes – HSWRI discovered an astrovirus in marine mammals with evidence that the virus passed between humans and sea lions. Read more
by Bethany Smith | Sep 9, 2022
Between October 2007 through January 2008, researchers documented the first mass mortality of bottlenose dolphins and Florida manatees caused by a severe bloom of the toxic algae along the eastern coast of Florida. Red tides were first considered rare but are now...
