Our job

And while the planet collapses under the weight of humans, we keep doing our job of hopeful dolphin conservation biologists.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Global Climate Strike in Venice

Today we joined the global climate strike in Venice, Italy. While we would want these belated and desperate actions to be joined by billions of "thoughtful, committed citizens", this one was pretty crowded and vocal.

(Photos by G. Bearzi)

Global Climate Strike

Marine and global conservation lecture 2

As it happens, topics are gradually shifting away from dolphin biology to encompass the global challenges of our time, and discuss what we can do about it.

(Photos by S. Bonizzoni, Pordenone, Italy)

Marine and global conservation lecture 1

One more long lecture on marine and global conservation, attended by approximately 150 students.

(Photos by S. Bonizzoni, Pordenone, Italy)

Beam trawler

A beam trawler photographed at dawn.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Dolphin off Jesolo

A juvenile bottlenose dolphin photographed off Marina di Jesolo, Italy, last October.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Three fins

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Dolphin portrait

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Marine and global conservation lecture in Pordenone, Italy

Today's long lecture on marine and global conservation, attended by approximately 150 students.

(Photos by S. Bonizzoni, Pordenone, Italy)

Tight group

(Photos by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Bottlenose dolphin and seagulls

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Dolphin in motion

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Early morning fins

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Dolphin lecture for children in Pordenone 2

At the end of her lecture, Silvia received a gift and this beautiful dolphin :-)

(Photo by G. Bearzi)

Dolphin lecture for children in Pordenone 1

Today's lecture for primary school children at Collegio Don Bosco, Pordenone.

(Photos by G. Bearzi)

October sea

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Trawler, then social

Bottlenose dolphins socializing after having followed a trawler.

(Photos by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Seagulls

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Portrait

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Seagulls in the wake

Seagulls feeding on fish discarded by a trawler.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Dolphins and otter trawler buoy

Bottlenose dolphins following otter trawlerS often surface in the proximity of the towed buoy.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Otter trawler buoy

The buoy being towed at the end an otter trawler's net.

(Photo by S. Bonizzoni, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Dead sea turtle

Silvia inspects a dead loggerhead sea turtle found floating adrift. Of a total of 109 sea turtles encountered during 11,000 km of navigation in 2018 and 2019, seven were dead.

(Photos by G. Bearzi, Northern Adriatic Sea)

Right before dawn

(Photo by G. Bearzi, Northern Adriatic Sea)