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Learn about Salem's journey here: Dr. Randall Wells, Director of Chicago Zoological Society's Sarasota Dolphin Research Program, provides on update on Salem's location on Feb. 4, 2019: Tag and tracking services provided by NOAA's John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant #*NA15NMF4390026 ---- A...
The Sarasota Dolphin Research Program (SDRP, a Chicago Zoological Society Program in collaboration with Mote), continued their monthly dolphin photographic identification population monitoring surveys and fish surveys. So far they have documented 11 new calves accompanying Sarasota Bay resident bottlenose...
Image above: Bottlenose dolphin Toro, a juvenile female, was first documented with line embedded in her fin in Tampa Bay in 2003. The Sarasota Dolphin Research Program and Mote rescued her in Charlotte Harbor in March 2004. She was rehabilitated by Mote and released back in Charlotte Harbor in April...
In October 2015, the Sarasota Dolphin Research Program (SDRP) is celebrating its 45th anniversary as the world’s longest-running study of a wild dolphin population. SDRP is operated by the Chicago Zoological Society (CZS) and based at Mote Marine Lab, where it started in 1970. SDRP leads pioneering...
An adult male dolphin that was caught in a small lake northwest of Everglades City in Collier County was rescued by about 20 members of the Southeast Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network on Thursday. The 8.5-foot dolphin was first spotted swimming in a place he didn’t belong by staff of Speedy’s...