I am pleased to announce the publication of the following special issue of the International Journal of Comparative Psychology: Research withe Captive Marine Mammals is Important - Part 1 The table of contents for this issue is listed below: Research with captive marine mammals is important: An introduction to the special issue Stan A. Kuczaj II The value of ex situ cetacean populations in understanding reproductive physiology and developing assisted reproductive technology for ex situ and in situ species management and conservation efforts J. K. O’Brien and T. R. Robeck Research with Navy marine mammals benefits animal care, conservation and biology Dorian S. Houser, James J. Finneran, and S. H. Ridgway How studies of wild and captive dolphins contribute to our understanding of individual differences and personality Lauren E. Highfill and Stan A. Kuczaj II What can captive whales tell us about their wild counterparts? Identification, usage, and ontogeny of contact calls in belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) Valeria Vergara, Robert Michaud, and Lance Barrett-Lennard What laboratory research has told us about dolphin cognition Louis M. Herman Cognitive research with dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) at Disney’s The Seas: A program for enrichment, science, education, and conservation Heidi E. Harley, Wendi Fellner, and M. Andy Stamper Dolphin cognition: Representations and processes in memory and perception Eduardo Mercado III and Caroline M. DeLong Observational learning in wild and captive dolphins Deirdre B. Yeater and Stan A. Kuczaj II Bottlenose dolphins' (Tursiops truncatus) theory of mind as demonstrated by responses to their trainers’ attentional states Masaki Tomonaga, Yuka Uwano, Sato Ogura, and Toyoshi Saito Inaugurating the study of animal metacognition J. David Smith Journal publication trends regarding cetaceans found in both wild and captive environments: What do we study, and where do we publish? Heather Hill and Monica Lackups This issue has just appeared on the IJCP website (see below) and all articles are available for free download. (You may also download the entire issue at once if you choose). http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwscp/ejournal.html#i233 A second issue on this topic will be published in November of this year. Sincerely, Stan Kuczaj Editor, IJCP s.kuczaj@usm.edu<mailto:s.kuczaj@usm.edu>