Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network

The Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization dedicated to the conservation and understanding of marine mammals through rescue, rehabilitation, release, research, and education of stranded marine mammals (dolphins, whales, and manatees) along Texas Coastline. Currently, there are over 40 TAMU-CC students who volunteer with the Corpus Christi region with an additional 75+ TAMUCC-GAL students volunteering in the Galveston area.  For more information on the Stranding Network and to view latest events & strandings, visit http://sci.tamucc.edu/tmmsn/.

Photo: Mabel Lopez (top) and Elaine Morgan (left), both Marine Biology Majors & volunteers with the Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network, assist with a medical examination of Alice, a female bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops trancatus), who was found stranded on the Padre Island National Seashore on April 7th.