Naughty octopus
Yesterday, 13th June while observing a group of four bottlenose dolphins in front of the island of Kalamos in the Inner Ionian Sea Archipelago, one of the individuals of the group surprised us leaping...
View ArticleLonely MONK in the Ionian Sea
On tuesday 19th after an hour surveying the calm waters of the Inner Ionian Sea we encountered a lonely monk seal Monachus monachus. We had the privilege to observe its graceful movements for about an...
View ArticleIonian Dolphin Project in “TA NEA”
Today, saturday 7th July, an article about the Ionian Dolphin Project came out in Ta Nea (Greek: Τα Νέα, Translation: The News). The article “Alarm for the Dolphins of the Ionian and Amvrakikos” was...
View ArticleIonian Dolphin Project in THE IONIAN magazine
Do not miss August’s issue of THE IONIAN magazine with an article about the Ionian Dolphin Project. The article refers to our pioneer initiative about encouraging boaters to report their cetacean...
View ArticleMore on public awareness and education
The Ionian Dolphin Project does not only focus on scientific research on whales and dolphins. For years the IDP has been developing numerous educational and public awareness initiatives to promote...
View ArticleDolphins our twins? – IDP in TO VIMA
Today, 12th of August, an article entitled Το δίδυμό μας στο νερό! (Our twin in the water) came out on Sunday’s special supplement on Science of “TO BHMA” (In English; “The Tribune”). The article does...
View ArticleOne of those days…
Quoting what my colleague Ioannis told me right after the sighting we had yesterday, 21st of August, “this was one of those days…”. He was absolutely right. Sometimes images tell you more that any...
View ArticleIonian Dolphin Project in THE IONIAN (September issue)
Do not miss September’s issue of THE IONIAN magazine with another article about the Ionian Dolphin Project. On this occasion, the article pays special attention to the public awareness and...
View Article50+ dolphin sightings reported online!
The Ionian Dolphin Project (IDP) website came to life at the end of April. The aim of this new initiative was to increase the interest about the conservation of cetaceans inhabiting the beautiful...
View ArticleIONIAN DOLPHIN PROJECT / DOLPHINS OF GREECE Fellowship Community Volunteers 2012
In year 2012, the Earthwatch Community Volunteers Fellowship has given the opportunity to 5 young Greek scientist/students to join the Ionian Dolphin Project/Dolphins of Greece expedition as...
View ArticleBest wishes from IDP
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View ArticleIDP back on track & new video
In a few weeks the Ionian Dolphin Project will start the 2013 fieldwork season. To celebrate that we are back on track we want to share with all of you a brand NEW IDP video about our project...
View ArticleFeels good to be back
The IDP has started the 2013 fieldwork season. For the last four days we have been conducting the first surveys in the Amvrakikos Gulf. Ahead of us there are many hours to be spend at sea and numerous...
View ArticlePublic awareness goes on at the IDP
Today, friday 26th of April, IDP personnel gave a presentation to 30 students of the Nafplion Secondary School, visiting the region of Aetoloakarnania in the context of their Environmental Program. In...
View Article2012 Sighting Reports; a big THANK YOU!
In 2012 we received 60+ dolphin sighting reports. A BIG THANK YOU to those of you who shared them with us. The map below shows the distribution of those sightings. The most frequently encountered...
View Article(MIS-)MANAGEMENT OF MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
Read this interesting article by Ferdinand Bammer, who participated last year in our project in a volunteers team organized in collaboration with our friends of OceanCare (see video). His article has...
View ArticleIDP; the protection of the environment begins at home
Working with whales and dolphins in the context of conservation gives us and added responsibility to protect the environment. By adopting simple actions in our daily activities and behaviours we all...
View ArticleSea turtles “wrestling” observation
On 12th of May 2013, while monitoring a group of bottlenose dolphins in the Amvrakikos Gulf, the sighting was momentarily interrupted by two loggerhead sea turtles displaying a quite aggressive...
View ArticleIDP at THE WHITE PAGES
The White Pages is a Greek/English, black and white A4 paper for the people of Lefkada and the surrounding Ionian Islands to advertise their business, activities, events, items for sale and anything...
View ArticleIDP in THE IONIAN magazine (June issue)
Do not miss June’s issue of THE IONIANmagazine and the article “There She Blows!”. The article refers to the initiative we started a year ago about encouraging boaters to report their cetacean...
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