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Cape Eleuthera Institute Scientists Encounter Group of Orcas in Exuma Sound

Nov 7, 2025

At the beginning of November, researchers at the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) encountered a pod of three orcas (Orcinus orca) or “killer whales” while surveying beaked whales in the Exuma…

Isopod discovered in Exuma Sound

New Species Discovered in the Exuma Sound

Feb 26, 2024

A team of scientists from the Cape Eleuthera Institute, Stony Brook University, and OceanX discover a new species of deep-sea isopod during a research mission in The Bahamas.