The program is now ran by Dr. Victoria Rowntree, in conjunction with Dr. Mariano Sironi of the Instituto Conservación de Ballenas. The unique long-term nature of this program has produced a number of significant discoveries relating to the ecology, biological life cycle, ethology and conservation of these species. As time has gone on, the program has been expanded to include genetics, feeding ecology and bioacoustics. The techniques that initially Roger Payne, and later on Victoria Rowntree and Instituto Conservacion de Ballenas, pioneered are now well-established among cetacean science programs worldwide.