Dr. Sylvia Earle, former Chief Scientist of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and founder of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research (D O E R) and Deep Search International.

Dr. R.H. Defran is the Director of the Cetacean Behavior Laboratory at San Diego
State University.

Dr. Dave Weller, Marine Mammal Scientist, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries, NOAA.

Dr. Hal Markowitz, Professor of Biology at San Francisco State University

Dr. Ellen Hines, is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Society for Marine Mammalogy. Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University

Dr. Elise Granek, Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences, Portland State University.  

Steve Platt  Ph.D.,  is Principal Investigator for the Crocodile Research Project.  Steve has studied crocodiles in Belize since 1992 and the work served as part of his doctoral dissertation for Clemson University in South Carolina.  He is Assistant Professor of  Biology at Sul Ross State University in Texas.   His work has resulted in several reports and publications on Belize crocodiles.

Dr. Nicole Duplaix is an Ecampus instructor at Oregon State University in global resource ecology. and is Vice-chairman of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature - Otter Specialist Group.