With great sadness, we announce the passing of Dr. Sam Ridgway, our founding President and 'Father of Marine Mammal Medicine'. He will be dearly missed by all that knew him. To learn more about Sam and his remarkable legacy, please visit buff.ly/3c8MmcK.
In honor of World Dolphin Day, we would like to formally announce our newest outreach workshop: DOLPHIN DOCTOR! Join us this year to learn all about marine mammal medicine and how the NMMF is saving species! #DolphinDoctor #Rohrfish
The first outreach event of the year was a great success with some inspiring girls from BE WiSE. Girls learned about dolphin veterinary medicine and bioacoustics #nmmf #education #outreach #girlscouts #youth #future #sdgirlscouts #futurescientists #wecare #rohrfish #science
Today @macfound revealed the top proposals it received in its $100 million #100andChange competition, and ours made the list! Read the full press release: buff.ly/38HQdqH
Watch @10NewsHunt San Diego tonight at 5pm PT to see the powerful story from Kimberly Hunt about the current status of the critically endangered vaquita. NMMF's Dr. Cynthia Smith shares VaquitaCPR's story about efforts to protect the remaining #vaquitas. buff.ly/2tLHBjv
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Sunday night at 11pm on @10News. My wife @10NewsHunt has a gripping story about the worlds smallest whale falling prey to organized crime in Mexico. Mind blowing but true.
The NMMF has just released its most recent advancement in dolphin medicine - an ultrasound technique for pregnant #dolphins that mirrors the technique used for humans. Read the full Press Release: nmmf.org/new-technique-allow…
YV7 is a common bottlenose #dolphin that was found with a fishing line embedded in her neck in 2017. She was successfully captured and has recently been spotted with a healthy calf! Learn more about her story: buff.ly/36oVcez
The common bottlenose #dolphin is an effective model species for understanding both cetacean and marine ecosystem health. Learn more about the past, present and potential conservation applications through marine mammal health assessments.
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“We can change this” #vaquita @VaquitaCPR
Scientists, activists, and journalists work to fight drug cartels and traffickers whose poaching threatens to drive the vaquita to extinction. #SeaofShadows premieres commercial-free November 9th on @NatGeoChannel.
The CARMMHA team has begun the process of compiling our research findings and using expert elicitation to make predictions on the future of dolphin populations in the Gulf of Mexico. Learn more about the process here - buff.ly/2Nm2nfo
Scientists are using drones to accurately weigh right #whales at sea, improving understanding of both individual and population health buff.ly/2OnJHhr
Establishing a non-invasive method of accurately aging bottlenose #dolphins across the entire age range is important to long term conservation efforts to understand health status, lifespan, reproduction and survivability. Learn more - buff.ly/2mphDP6
The NMMF outreach team recently presented one of their most anticipated workshops, POP3 #plastics to @sdgirlscouts. Both child and adult participated in hands-on demonstrations to learn about the threat single-use plastics pose on our ocean environment.
A wonderful example of how #conservation efforts can allow a keystone species to recover. buff.ly/2mYlAKx @MontereyAq
"Unless the species' decline can be slowed, #vaquitas likely will become extinct before 2021" on.natgeo.com/2LymIOJ @seaofshadowsSOS
