September 29, 2009: Undergraduate students learn how to properly respond to a live stranded cetacean.

Welcome

Our Mission: To investigate strandings to improve our understanding of the biology of marine mammals that inhabit our local waters, so that we may enhance their conservation. To educate students through their participation in marine mammal stranding investigations.

We are made up of student volunteers, faculty and staff in the Department of Biology and Marine Biology. If you would like to volunteer, please let us know!

Report a Marine Mammal Stranding
Gulf of Mexico Strandings - Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Recent and Upcoming Events

• September 22, 2011: Bottlenose dolphin stranding on Surf City, NC
• August 25, 2011: Bottlenose dolphin stranding on Ocean Isle, NC
• August 17, 2011: Rare True's beaked whale stranding on Corolla, NC