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DRI NL VOL 76 SPRING 2019

Read what has been happening at DRI recently. The humpback whale catalogue, Ambassador schools around the bay - and more. With summer on its way, DRI's director Jeff Weir discusses the Marine Mammal ...

DRI NL VOL 75 WINTER 2019

Read the latest news from DRI here. Whales are heading north, education programs are spreading the message that Victoria's living marine treasures are too precious to lose, and so much more ...

DRI NL Vol 74 Autumn 2019

Read about DRI's exciting new community leadership project. Become a Community Ambassador and help save the bays! Download your copy here.

DRI NL Vol 73 SUMMER 2018-19

Read about the latest news from the Dolphin Research Institute here. Learn how an injured whale calf was 'tracked' from Queensland to Victoria, more about our 'i sea, i care' Communities program, and ...

DRI NL Vol 72 Spring 2018

DOWNLOAD DRI NL V 72 SPRING 2018. Find out the latest news from the Dolphin Research Institute here. Read about an amazing dolphin in Port Phillip, our new 'i sea, i care' Communities program, and che...

DRI NL Vol 71 Winter 2018

DOWNLOAD DRI NL V 71 WINTER 2018. Read the latest news from the Dolphin Research Institute here. Find out about our new 'i sea, i care' Communities, watch out for whales, and check out what the Ambass...

DRI NL V70 AUTUMN 2018

Download DRI NL V70 - AUTUMN 2018 Keep up to date with what DRI has been doing lately. Australia Day Award for Excellence, summer research survey in Port Phillip, 'i sea, i care' Ambassadors in seco...

DRI NL V69 -Summer 2017-2018

DOWNLOAD DRI NL V69 - SUMMER 2017-2018 See what has been happening at the Dolphin Research Institute. Read about: the development of SkinMap to map dolphin skin health; Research well received by inter...

DRI NL V68 – SPRING 2017

DOWNLOAD DRI NL V68 - SPRING 2017 See what has been happening at the Dolphin Research Institute. Read about finding a new whale migration pathway, helping with emergency response and our Spring Appeal...

DRI NL V67 – WINTER 2017

DOWNLOAD DRI NL V67 - WINTER 2017 See what has been happening at the Dolphin Research Institute. Read about the Two Bays Whale Project, dolphins in the heart of Melbourne, what our supporters have hel...

I’m not going blind – am I?

Do I need glasses? Is it just me, or are words getting smaller and smaller ? Do you, or someone you know, find that it’s getting harder to read printed material? Here at DRI we understand what that’s ...

DRI NL V66 – AUTUMN 2017

Download DRI NL V66 - Autumn 2017 Read about the new research tool developed by our research team; the Two Bays Whale Project; the state of our bays and more ...

DRI NL V65 – Summer 2016/17

Download DRI NL - Summer 2016/17 Read about Port Phillip's common dolphins that are anything but common, see what our Marine Ambassadors have been up to, and dream about swimming with whales in Tonga ...

DRI NL V64 – SPRING 2016

Download DRI NL V64 - Spring 2016 Read about dolphins being injured in Port Phillip, winter whales and our Ambassadors who are 'too precious to lose' ...

DRI NL V63 – WINTER 2016

DOWNLOAD DRI NL V63 - WINTER 2016 Our Winter Newsletter! See what we've been doing since Autumn. Skin Map for dolphin health. 2016 Walk for Western Port. Outcomes of two research projects to protect o...

DRI NL V62 – AUTUMN 2016

Download DRI NL V62 - Autumn 2016 Our 25th Anniversary Newsletter! See what we've been doing since 1991. Snapshot of our Research and Education programs, and our wonderful 'i sea, i care' Ambassadors....

DRI NL V61 – SUMMER 2015/16

Download DRI NL V61 - Summer 2015/16 Read about the harpooned seal, an entangled dolphin, secondary school trial for 'i sea, i care', second birthday for Community Dolphin Monitoring Project ...

DRI NL V60 – Spring 2015

Download DRI NL V60 - Spring 2015 Dolphin Health Project making progress, some different marine treasures, citizen science in action ...

DRI NL V59 – WINTER 2015

Download DRI NL V59 - Winter 2015 Walk for Western Port a success! Thanks to everyone. Also, read about the Two Bays Whale project, and mangrove planting in Western Port and more ...

DRI NL V58 – AUTUMN 2015

Download DRI NL V58 Autumn 2015 Read about the start of the Dolphin Health Project, our new researchers, what's happening with our Citizen Science program, Walk for Western Port ...

DRI NL V57 – SUMMER 2015

Download DRI NL V57 Summer 2015 Read about DRI's role in BRAHSS, dolphins in captivity and more...

DRI NL V56 -SPRING 2014

Download DRI NL V56 Spring 2014 Read about our new student placement, the coming Dinner with the Dolphins, our Litter Hotspots survey ...

DRI NL V55 – WINTER 2014

Download DRI NL V55 Winter 2014 Read about Ambassadors at City of Casey World Environment Day awards, common dolphins back in Port Phillip, entanglements and beaching of dolphins ...

DRI NL V54 – AUTUMN 2014

Download DRI NL V54 The difference between our Community Dolphin Watch program and Community Dolphin Monitoring Project, the Port of Hastings development, notes from the Society of Marine Mammalogy co...