Denise Herzing — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founder and Research Director of the Wild Dolphin Project since 1985, a non-profit studying Atlantic spotted dolphins.
Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida Atlantic University since 1993.
Specializes in marine mammal behavior, focusing on Atlantic spotted dolphins in the Bahamas for over 30 years.
Aims to achieve two-way communication between humans and dolphins, developing a wearable underwater computer and a camera/hydrophone system.
Author of 'Dolphin Diaries' (2010) and 'Is Anyone Listening: What animals are saying to each other and to Us' (2024), and co-author of 'Dolphin Communication and Cognition' (2015).
Holds a Ph.D. in Behavioral Biology/Environmental Studies and an M.A. in Physiological and Behavioral Biology.

Biography

Denise Herzing is the founder and Research Director of the Wild Dolphin Project, a non-profit organization established in 1985 dedicated to the study of Atlantic spotted dolphins in the wild. As a behavioral biologist specializing in marine mammal behavior, she has focused her work for over 30 years on a resident community of these dolphins in the Bahamas.