Dr. Kathleen Dudzinski

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Dr. Kathleen Dudzinski has been studying dolphin behavior and communication since 1990 with a focus on tactile, behavioral and acoustic signals employed by dolphins as they share information with each other and across groups. Dr. Dudzinski is Director of the Dolphin Communication Project (DCP), conducts research on three groups of dolphins in both captive and wild environments, and oversees research conducted by graduate students from five universities who collaborate with DCP. Students focus on the behavior, acoustics and communication among and between dolphins residing at four locations around the globe: two wild dolphin populations near (Atlantic spotted dolphins) Bimini, The Bahamas and (Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins) Mikura Island, Japan and two groups of dolphins in human care (both bottlenose dolphins) at the Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences (RIMS), Anthony's Key Resort, Roatan, Honduras and at Dolphin Encounters, Nassau, The Bahamas.

In 2000, Dr Dudzinski's work studying dolphins was featured in the large-format film DOLPHINS from MacGillivray Freeman Films (2000) for IMAX theaters. In the same year, her first book for children, Meeting Dolphins My Adventures in the Sea, was published from National Geographic Books. Since then, Dr. Dudzinski has also consulted on several documentary films, magazine articles and other projects. Dr. Dudzinski's next book on dolphin communication is slated for publication from Yale University Press in fall 2008.

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Dolphin Communication Project

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