The Bottlenose Dolphin Research Institute (BDRI) is a small private international center for research, education, and training in bottlenose dolphins ecology and behaviour.

BDRI members seek to contribute to the understanding and conservation of dolphins, expand the public's knowledge and concern for our marine environment, and add to the knowledge base of bottlenose dolphins through the sharing of collected field data. One of the core aims of the BDRI is to find out more about the bottlenose dolphins through different non-invasive research techniques.

If the results of our research to date are any indication, then this year's project should be very productive, both in terms of our own enlightenment about the complex biology, behaviours and social system of these free-ranging dolphins and in producing information bearing directly on the conservation and management of this dolphin species and others.