Happy New Year

Happy 2015 from Silvia, Giovanni and everybody at DBC!

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

Early morning fins

(Photo by D. Knäbel, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Bottlenose dolphin acrobatics

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

Striped dolphins approaching

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

Marine Biology Course Video

Watch the video:  http://vimeo.com/114543518

Marine Biology Field Course 2014

This short (9min) video documentary features the Marine Biology Field course that was held in June 2014 at our field station in Galaxidi, Greece.

Quintessential bottlenose dolphin

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

Trammel nets colours

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Nea Makri, Greece)

Trio

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Striped dolphin breaching

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

White and blue (coeruleoalba)

Striped dolphins Stenella coeruleoalba adult and calf swimming in the blue.

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Gulf of Corinth sunset

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni)

Short-beaked common dolphin

One of the few short-beaked common dolphins surviving in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni)

Scopoli's shearwater

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

Artisanal fisherman in Greece

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

New boat

Our new boat, a Selva open of 5.5 m purchased second-hand. After a complete setup, this boat will join the Novamarine RH580 and contribute to our dolphin research.

(Top photo by G. Bearzi, bottom photo by B. Würsig)

Funny face

A striped dolphin photographed in the Argolikos Gulf, Greece.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni)

Playful male calf

A playful striped dolphin calf bowriding. Distance between genital and anal slit reveals he is a male.

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Pinkish belly

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

Great egret

A great egret (Ardea alba) on a finfish farm in the Southern Evoikos Gulf, Greece.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni)

At home

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Striped dolphin adult and juvenile

(Photo by N. Santostasi, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Keel art

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Nea Styra, Greece)

Striped dolphins in the blue

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Gulf of Corinth, Greece)

Fishing feta

A multi-purpose container of feta cheese.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Nea Styra, Greece)