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Four of Marineland Canada’s belugas (Eve, Secord, Nahanni, and Lillooet) before the facility’s closure in 2024. Kristy Burgess

September 23, 2026

Finding homes for whales and dolphins when parks like Marineland Canada close isn’t easy – a biologist explains why sea sanctuaries aren’t the answer

Jason Bruck, Stephen F. Austin State University

Sea sanctuaries could work well for some animals, but up to this point, only a handful of animals have lived in them.

Bottlenose dolphins are extremely social animals that communicate constantly. Micha Pawlitzki/Corbis Documentary via Getty Images

August 23, 2022

Dolphins use signature whistles to represent other dolphins – similarly to how humans use names

Jason Bruck, Stephen F. Austin State University

Using urine and signature whistles from other dolphins, a team of scientists has shown that dolphins use signature whistles like names and hold mental representations of other dolphins in their minds.

The only way to learn about the sensory abilities of dolphins is with the help of trained dolphins. Dolphin Quest

July 1, 2020

With the help of trained dolphins, our team of researchers is building a specialized drone to help us study dolphins in the wild

Jason Bruck, Oklahoma State University

Wild dolphins are fast, smart and hard to study, but it is important to understand how human actions affect their health. So we are building a drone to sample hormones from the blowholes of dolphins.

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