Janet Mann's main interests are in mammalian behavioral ecology, especially female reproduction, maternal care and infant development. She is currently conducting a longitudinal study of the behavioral ecology and development of wild bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay, Western Australia, and has studied killer whales and primates. Professor Mann was a 1994-1995 and 2005-06 fellow at The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Stanford, CA. Her co-edited volume, Cetacean Societies: Field Studies of Dolphins and Whales, was published with the University of Chicago Press in 2000.