Ari Daniel

The Orca Institute is a conservation organization outside of Vitoria in southeastern Brazil, where before recently taking time off for a short fellowship at Oxford, Camila worked as the scientific director. The morning I was there, a van had just pulled in. So there's a van with a special delivery?

The Orca Institute is a conservation organization outside of Vitoria in southeastern Brazil, where before recently taking time off for a short fellowship at Oxford, Camila worked as the scientific director. The morning I was there, a van had just pulled in. So there's a van with a special delivery?

The Orca Institute is a conservation organization outside of Vitoria in southeastern Brazil, where before recently taking time off for a short fellowship at Oxford, Camila worked as the scientific director. The morning I was there, a van had just pulled in. So there's a van with a special delivery?

The Orca Institute tends to any marine mammal that strands itself along its section of the coast and either rehabilitates and returns it to the water if it's alive, or, as is the case with this recently deceased Guiana dolphin being hoisted into the air, brings it back to their facility to figure out what might have gone wrong.

The Orca Institute tends to any marine mammal that strands itself along its section of the coast and either rehabilitates and returns it to the water if it's alive, or, as is the case with this recently deceased Guiana dolphin being hoisted into the air, brings it back to their facility to figure out what might have gone wrong.

The Orca Institute tends to any marine mammal that strands itself along its section of the coast and either rehabilitates and returns it to the water if it's alive, or, as is the case with this recently deceased Guiana dolphin being hoisted into the air, brings it back to their facility to figure out what might have gone wrong.

with an eye towards preventing similar deaths in the future.

with an eye towards preventing similar deaths in the future.

with an eye towards preventing similar deaths in the future.

Well, one of the vets told me that often the animals become entangled with fishing gear, or they suspect loud underwater noises might cause the animals to surface too quickly. The staff here rotates through a daily on-call schedule because an animal can strand pretty much any time. But for Camila, these animals are a means to an end.

Well, one of the vets told me that often the animals become entangled with fishing gear, or they suspect loud underwater noises might cause the animals to surface too quickly. The staff here rotates through a daily on-call schedule because an animal can strand pretty much any time. But for Camila, these animals are a means to an end.

Well, one of the vets told me that often the animals become entangled with fishing gear, or they suspect loud underwater noises might cause the animals to surface too quickly. The staff here rotates through a daily on-call schedule because an animal can strand pretty much any time. But for Camila, these animals are a means to an end.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

You think about the brain. It's something she's been fascinated by ever since she was little. And here's why she thinks brains are so important to study.

You think about the brain. It's something she's been fascinated by ever since she was little. And here's why she thinks brains are so important to study.

You think about the brain. It's something she's been fascinated by ever since she was little. And here's why she thinks brains are so important to study.

True to my word. Camila says there's actually very little known about the brains of whales and dolphins living in the waters off Central and South America. But mapping how those brains are wired up can teach scientists about the inner workings of these animals, about their behavior, and how they're adapted to living underwater.

True to my word. Camila says there's actually very little known about the brains of whales and dolphins living in the waters off Central and South America. But mapping how those brains are wired up can teach scientists about the inner workings of these animals, about their behavior, and how they're adapted to living underwater.