by Bethany Smith | Jun 15, 2023
HSWRI releases a report on the potential impacts of Space Shuttle noise on birds, seals and sea lions on California’s Channel Islands, providing the U.S. space program with critical environmental information for its California operations. Read more
by Bethany Smith | Nov 9, 2022
Following the strongest El Niño event of the century, we tracked California sea lions’ severe decline and slow recovery. Read more
by Bethany Smith | Oct 12, 2022
HSWRI’s researchers were pioneers in using quadcopter drones equipped with high-resolution cameras for wildlife population surveys. For the first time, researchers were able to count and analyze penguin colonies without disturbing the penguins’ natural behavior. Read...
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
