Bottlenose Dolphins

Many people want to see and understand dolphins. The bottlenose dolphin is one of the most closely studied cetaceans in the world. As such there are many reputable sources of information about dolphins online. Here are a few:

• A good overview of Bottlenose Dolphin Facts.
• Bottlenose Dolphin Info-Book - good resource for greater depth.
• The Dolphin Institute Resource Guide - additional valuable information.

For South Carolina and Hilton Head specific information we can turn to this excellent blog post by Hele Mitcheson of England who came to the May River area to take part in dolphin research.

The book The Dolphins Of Hilton Head by Cara Gubbins describes the unique population of dolphins in our area. Selected pages can be viewed on google books.
Finally dolphins and other marine mammals truly capture peoples' attention and imagination and show up in news reports frequently. Check out this news feed from MongaBay.com as well as Google News.