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July 2010 Field Update - OBX Dolphins
Jessica Weiss reports on the progress of her work with Outer Banks (North Carolina) dolphins during the Summer 2010 field season. The seasonally resident dolphin group has returned to its summer habitat.
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On the Boat with a Dolphin Researcher
Take a trip on the Winniabby with a bottlenose dolphin researcher and see how she uses photo-identification techniques to learn more about the species and its conservation.
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Bottlenose Dolphin Field Trip Now Online
Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are intelligent and sociable marine mammals that live in sounds, bays, and other waters along the coastal United States. Jessica Weiss, Scientific Advisor of the Outer Banks Center for Dolphin Research, uses photo-identification methods to monitor a population of coastal bottlenose dolphins in the sounds of the Outer Banks, North Carolina. To learn more about bottlenose dolphins and dolphin research, take the Outer Banks Dolphin Research field trip now!
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