Data Collection February 2024
News
General News
Summer-Fall 2025
Collaborators collect data for MO1.
April 2025
ManyOtters Project 1 Collaboration Meeting – April 10 11:00 AM EDT (Zoom – email ManyOttersProject@gmail.com)
March 2025
Presented proposed MO1 protocol at annual meeting for International Marine Animal Trainer’s Association (IMATA), Chicago, IL
February 2025
ManyOtters collaborator, David Hamilton, Seneca Park Zoo, presented pilot project results of MO1 at World Otters Congress, Lima, Peru
Spring 2025
Launch ManyOtters Project 1 – Long-term Memory
Fall 2024
Finalize ManyOtters1 protocol, materials list, and ManyOtters formal documentation.
Presented ManyOtters Study 1: Long-term memory in otters using puzzle feeders. at Big Team Science Conference (online conference)
August 2024
Presented pilot data at annual meeting for Division 6
– Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative
Psychology, American Psychological Association (APA), Seattle, WA
https://convention.apa.org/attend/future
May/June 2024
Collected additional data for pilot study to test base attachment at Seneca Park Zoo.
April 2024
Presented pilot data at annual meeting for International Conference on Comparative Cognition (CO3),
Albuquerque, NM.
http://www.comparativecognition.org/conference.php
Promoted ManyOtters at annual meeting for International Marine Animal Trainer's Association
(IMATA),
San Antonio, TX.
https://www.imata.org/2024_imata_conference
Collected 2-month, long-term retention data for pilot study.
March 2024
Promoted ManyOtters at annual meeting for Sea Otter Conservation Workshop, Seattle, WA
https://swpsych.org/2024convention
February 2024
Conducted initial presentation and data collection of puzzles at SeaWorld Texas and Seneca Park Zoo.
September 2023
Promoted ManyOtters at annual meeting for Otter Keeper Workshop,
New Orleans, LA
June 2023
Met at Seneca Park Zoo with zookeepers, staff, and ManyOtters leadership team to discuss pilot project ManyOtters 1.
April 2023
Attended ManyX symposium at annual meeting for International Conference on Comparative
Cognition
(CO3), Melbourne Beach, FL.
https://comparativecognition.org/23%20program.pdf
March 2023
Promoted ManyOtters at annual meeting for Sea Otter Conservation Workshop,
Seattle, WA
Upcoming and Past Presentations
American Psychological Association. Denver, CO. Aug 7-9, 2025.
comparativecognition.orgManyOtters, Deirdre Yeater, Caroline M. DeLong, Heather M. Manitzas Hill (2025). Do dogs and otters retain problem solving strategies after 6 months? Poster at American Psychological Association annual meeting. Denver, CO. Aug 7-9.
International Marine Animal Trainer’s Association. Chicago, IL. Mar 10-13, 2025.
comparativecognition.orgManyOtters, Manitzas Hill, H. M., Yeater, D., DeLong, C., Wright, C., Langdon, E., & Halstead, L. (2025). Do otters remember what they solved? ManyOtters - Collaborative science. Poster at International Marine Animal Trainer's Association, Chicago, IL. Mar 10-13.
International Otter Congress. Lima, Peru. Feb 24-28, 2025
comparativecognition.orgManyOtters, DeLong, C.M., Yeater, D.M., Manitzas Hill, H.M., & Hamilton, D. (2025). ManyOtters Study 1: Long-term memory in otters using puzzle feeders. Poster at the 16th International Otter Congress, Lima, Peru. Feb 24-28
Big Team Science Conference. Online. Oct 8, 2024.
comparativecognition.orgManyOtters, DeLong, C.M., Yeater, D.M., & Manitzas Hill, H.M. (2024). ManyOtters Study 1: Long-term memory in otters using puzzle feeders. Presentation at Big Team Science Conference (online conference). Oct 8.
American Psychological Association annual convention. Seattle, WA. Aug 8-10, 2024.
https://convention.apa.org/attend/futureMany Otters, Manitzas Hill, H. M., Yeater, D. M., & DeLong, C. (2024). Many Otters – Collaborative science on otter problem solving. Poster at American Psychological Association annual meeting, Seattle, WA, Aug 8-10.
Southwestern Psychological Association annual conference. San Antonio, TX. Mar 28-30, 2024.
https://swpsych.org/2024conventionMany Otters, Manitzas Hill, H. M., Yeater, D. M., & DeLong, C. (2024). Many Otters – A pilot study. Presentation at Southwestern Psychological Association annual meeting, San Antonio, TX, Mar 28-30.
Comparative Cognition Conference annual conference, Albuquerque, NM. Apr 10-13, 2024.
comparativecognition.orgManyOtters, DeLong, C. M., Yeater, D. B., & Manitzas Hill, H. M. (2024). ManyOtters1: A pilot study on long-term memory in otters using puzzle feeders. Poster presented at Comparative Cognition Society annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM. April 10-13.