Sea Search Research and Conservation (www.seasearch.co.za and www.facebook.com/seasearch is a Cape Town based NPO which conducts a wide range of research and education activities in southern Africa with most researchers/students associated with the University of Stellenbosch. In April and May 2020, we are conducting 2 months of field work in and around Cape Town, South Africa focused on southern Africa's elusive killer whales (including the famous white-shark-eating specialists "Port" and "Starboard"). This work forms part of a larger collaborative effort to study killer whales of the southern African subregion in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Pretoria (SA) and Durham University amongst others. There is one more space for a student to join us as a research intern on this project. Interns will be involved in all aspects of data collection, helping the Sea Search team and our collaborators to track down these fast moving top predators through a combination of boat surveys, shore based monitoring and responding to sighting reports. Encounters with killer whales will be very rare - but research efforts will also focus on a number of other cetacean and prey species around at that time including common, bottlenose and humpback dolphins, Bryde's and humpback whales. Research focuses on collecting skin samples for use in global genetic and trophic ecology studies, attachment of satellite transmitters to study movements and photo-identification data to study the population size and individual movements. We will also be collecting acoustic recordings of animals and deploying moored hydrophones for long-term monitoring. Internships are research focused with an emphasis on learning (and using) field skills in cetacean research such as photo-identification, bioacoustics, biopsy, capture-recapture and behavioural data collection, as well as data management and team work. There is a fee associated with the internship to help cover accommodation, training and project costs. If you are interested in this placement please send a copy of your CV and a brief motivation to info@seasearch.co.za. More information about our work and this internship can be found here: www.seasearch.co.za/training <http://www.seasearch.co.za/> Please do not hesitate to contact us should you have any questions regarding this training opportunity. Dr Simon Elwen -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Simon Elwen Ph.D. - Director Sea Search Research & Conservation and the Namibian Dolphin Project Research Associate: Department of Zoology and Botany - Stellenbosch University & Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria