Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center and Dolphin Sanctuary is under construction in the Aegean
December 12 2024 6.5 years of targeted bureaucratic obstructions have delayed the implementation of this vital endeavour. A groundbreaking initiative in the Mediterranean, a Rehabilitation Centre for Marine Species, is currently under construction on the Aegean island of Lipsi. This center is also set to become a model sanctuary for rehabilitating former captive dolphins. The […]
Sperm Whale – the largest toothed whale in the world, in the wintery Aegean.
December 10th 2024 Sperm Whale – the largest toothed whale in the world, in the wintery Aegean. It is starting a dive that will reach a depth of about 600 meters and will last almost an hour. Their migratory routes from the central Mediterranean reaches the marine region close to Athos Peninsula in northeastern Greece […]
Winter Research Expedition in the North Aegean with a Focus on Lemnos
November 27th 2024 Winter Research Expedition in the North Aegean with a Focus on Lemnos The winter research expedition of the Archipelagos Institute continues on in the North Aegean and the Thracian Sea up to the waters near the Athos Peninsula, despite the difficult weather conditions of the last few weeks. Our starting point is […]
Sperm whale with wintry weather in the Aegean today!
November 15th 2024 Sperm whale with wintry weather in the Aegean today! As difficult as the conditions at sea are for humans right now, for true sea dwellers like this male sperm whale, conditions appear to be normal. After 20-30 million years of evolution, sperm whales have perfectly adapted not only to surface conditions, but […]
Risso’s dolphins
October 12 2024 Risso’s dolphins – one of the least studied and relatively unknown species of dolphins found in the Greek seas. It is the largest dolphin species found here and the only species that exhibits migratory behaviour – they are normally found in small pods, migrating over deep waters, often with steep canyons or […]
Photo-identification of Bottlenose dolphins
August 1st 2024 Photo-identification of Bottlenose dolphins Archipelagos’ marine mammal researchers, who are sea all year round, collect, among other data, hundreds of photographs of the dolphin and whale species monitored in the region, with the aim of identifying individuals based on their markings. These markings are caused by interactions with members of the same […]
The Mediterranean Sea is changing due to human intervention and climate change and so are the species that live in it.
July 25th 2024 The Mediterranean Sea is changing due to human intervention and climate change and so are the species that live in it. This is mainly due to human induced factors such as overfishing and the desertification of many marine areas, but also due to the opening and widening of the Suez Canal, through […]
Striped dolphins in the northern Aegean; Archipelagos’ cetacean monitoring surveys continue.
July 19th 2024 Striped dolphins in the northern Aegean; Archipelagos’ cetacean monitoring surveys continue this season with an emphasis on the effects of human-caused disturbance on population distribution. As we are now in the middle of the summer and there are many more people out at sea in boats. We must remember that if we […]
Deliberate killing of a dolphin in the NE Aegean Sea
Another incident involving the intentional killing of a dolphin was located by the Archipelagos Institute on the NW coast of Samos. In this particular area, where significant populations of 4 dolphin species live and where strong sea currents are active, it is not uncommon to find dead marine mammals ashore- incidents which we do not […]
Bioacoustic Research – invaluable for a better understanding of marine mammal populations
As part of the JJBA Bioacoustics Conference that concluded today in Brest, France, Archipelagos Institute participated by presenting some of the results of its underwater acoustic research on Aegean cetacean populations. This research, which continues to be carried out in collaboration with Brunel University London, concerns the populations of short-beaked common dolphins and bottlenose dolphins […]
