Center for Whale Research (this is our old website, the new website can be found at www.whaleresearch.com The Center for Whale Research was founded in 1976 to promote, conduct and support benign research on marine mammals of the Order Cetacea - whales, dolphins and porpoises. The research method is primarily long term (multi-year) photo-identification of individuals within populations, which provides baseline data for demographic and behavioral studies. The knowledge gained from these studies is provided to the scientific community, to governments, to the public and to conservation organizations. Sperm whale ( Physeter macrocephalus ) breaching
The principle studies underway are - a long term photo-identification study of killer whales in the Pacific Northwest, conducted continuously since 1976; Bahamas Marine Mammal Survey - a general survey of marine mammals in the northern Bahamas, with particular emphasis on studies of bottlenose dolphins and beaked whales, begun in 1991; Pacific Humpbacks - a study of humpback whales since 1986, with other cooperating researchers, to determine migratory patterns, stock identity and population status in the Eastern North Pacific;
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