11 February 2016

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)

07 February 2016

Home port



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

(Photo by G. Bearzi)

05 February 2016

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

01 February 2016

Scopoli's shearwater



Scopoli's shearwater (Calonectris diomedea).

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

30 January 2016

Striped reflection



Striped dolphin, striped reflection.

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

27 January 2016

Early morning dolphin



Striped dolphin in the early morning light.

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

25 January 2016

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)

22 January 2016

Watercolour



Striped dolphin in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece.

(Photo by G. Bearzi)

21 January 2016

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)

20 January 2016

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)

17 January 2016

Pinkish



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

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

31 December 2015

30 December 2015

Mother-calf pair and waves



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

(Photos by S. Bonizzoni)

29 December 2015

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)

28 December 2015

Baby common dolphin



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

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

27 December 2015

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)

24 December 2015

Christmas dolphin



Christmas dolphin :-)

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

22 December 2015

Simple fun



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

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

18 December 2015

17 December 2015

Standing dolphin



Striped dolphin "standing".

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

08 December 2015

Rostra



Striped dolphin rostra appear as the animals start breathing out.

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

06 December 2015

Farm dolphins



Bottlenose dolphins near the Galaxidi fish farm.

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

04 December 2015

Peeking



Striped dolphin peeking.

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

01 December 2015

Twilight



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

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