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Written by Lars Bejder Members of the MMRP are thrilled to be attending the 25th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Perth, Western Australia in November 2024 . We are delighted to have the opportunity to hear about all the incredible research that is occurring all over the world, to learn from peers, and to contribute to the many pressing conservation issue facing of marine mammals globally. We are also looking forward to sharing our research with colleag

Written by Kyleigh Fertitta, Madi Gordanier , and Liah McPherson In April of 2021, Kyleigh Fertitta and Madi Gordanier joined MMRP as new interns for our spinner dolphin conservation research projects. While they originally committed to a three-month internship, we are overjoyed to have them here with us a year later, contributing to multiple projects in the lab . Kyleigh began as an undergraduate senior on a year-long exchange at UH Manoa from the California State Univer

Written by Valeria Senigaglia The following paper has just been published: Senigaglia, V. and Bejder, L. 2020. Pregnancy cravings:...

Written by MMRP Wanna participate in an all expenses-paid class on new technologies and marine science at Coconut Island ? MMRP will be accepting four or five participants to this year's HIMB Schmidt Summer Program in marine Science. Apply by June 30th for this great hands-on opportunity! See the Youtube video below for last year's class ! Video made by Edson Vieira, who participated in the class in 2019. For more videos made by previous participants, please click here Date

Written by Valeria Senigaglia My experience at HIMB was full of wonderful moments and bad hair days. Coming from Australia, I ( Valeria Senigaglia ) landed on Coconut Island (where the Marine Mammal Research Program [MMRP] at the Hawaiian Institute of Marine Biology [HIMB] is based) after four months of traveling and during the stressful month leading up to my PhD thesis submission. Some might say I’m crazy, traveling half way around the world right before such an important

Written by Fabien Vivier Early May we had the pleasure to welcome 13 international participants for the first “ Applying Innovative Technologies in Marine Science ” Summer Program at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology . Applicants who attended the one-month intensive course came from Mexico, Brazil, Australia, Spain, Portugal, Malaysia, Canada, the UK, the Philippines, the Galapagos and the USA. Participants first had the opportunity to attend lectures from a range of pr

The Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) is offering this innovative four-week course with generous funding provided by Dr. Peter...

Written by Paul Nachtigall I am the founding director of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology’s Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP)....

Written by Whitlow Au Bisonar research at the Marine Mammal Research Program has been the main focus of the program until 2017. Below, I...