Bruck Lab

The  Bruck Lab focuses on cognition, communication, conservation and welfare  in cetaceans and a few other species. In the past, we have examined how complex social systems in cetaceans and other vertebrates drive the evolution of complex learning and memory skills. We have studied how dolphins really do have representational names the way humans do. We have even studied how dolphins can taste each other's pee to identify each other! Currently, we are studying how dolphins identify kin, how noise affects their cognition, and we are even working with aerospace engineers to build drones that can collect dolphin breath samples.