Different fins

Risso's dolphin 'Yaya' (right) with a short-beaked common dolphin mother (center) and her calf.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Home port

Galaxidi, our home port in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece.

(Photo by G. Bearzi)

Field station

This is the part of the Galaxidi field station used by DBC field assistants. The field station includes office and living spaces used by dolphin biologists and other team members. All the spaces have been refurbished by the researchers themselves, embracing principles of sustainability.
More photos at: http://www.dolphinbiology.org/field/station.htm

(Photo by G. Bearzi

Scopoli's shearwater

Scopoli's shearwater (Calonectris diomedea).

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Striped reflection

Striped dolphin, striped reflection.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Early morning dolphin

Striped dolphin in the early morning light.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

C'mon let me play

A young bottlenose dolphin calf plays with an adult male, the animal known as Pira.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Watercolour

Striped dolphin in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece.

(Photo by G. Bearzi)

Suppose...

Suppose that the ultimate standard of our work were to be, not professionalism and profitability, but the health and durability of human and natural communities.

-- Wendell Berry

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Northern Evoikos Gulf, Greece)

Don't smile

Dolphins don't always 'smile'. This striped dolphin looks intensively concentrated and serious, with a shade of sadness.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Pinkish

A striped dolphin shows her pinkish belly (and navel).

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Happy 2016

Silvia, Giovanni and everybody at DBC wish you a wonderful new year!

Mother-calf pair and waves

Striped dolphin mother and calf on a wavy Gulf of Corinth.

(Photos by S. Bonizzoni)

Maddalena and Giovanni

Maddalena with brother Giovanni approximately 45 years ago, long before they became interested in dolphin biology.

(Photo by Giuseppe Bearzi, Bolzano, Italy)

Baby common dolphin

Baby common dolphin peeking from behind her mother's dorsal fin.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Seasons apart

Silvia, Nina and Giovanni in Galaxidi, Greece, in July 2013... and after today's meeting in Oria, Italy.

(Top photo by Jens Kramer; bottom by Giovanni Bearzi)

Juvenile Tursiops

A juvenile bottlenose dolphin surfaces besides her presumed mother.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Christmas dolphin

Christmas dolphin :-)

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Simple fun

Striped dolphin playing on the small wave created by a passing ship.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Sunset dolphin

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Standing dolphin

Striped dolphin "standing".

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Rostra

Striped dolphin rostra appear as the animals start breathing out.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Farm dolphins

Bottlenose dolphins near the Galaxidi fish farm.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Peeking

Striped dolphin peeking.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Twilight

A striped dolphin breaches at twilight, a time when most dolphins start looking for food.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)