Press Releases Tethys 2020
An updated list of Tethys press releases. Journalists and press are allowed to download the files in pdf or word format. For high definition images please contact tethys@tethys.org
20 August 2020 - Nuova balenottera mutilata nel Santuario dei cetacei
Press release in Italian. Link to the footage
Ancora una balenottera mutilata, con una parte della coda mancante, e in difficoltà; l’animale è stato avvistato ieri dai ricercatori dell’Istituto Tethys nelle acque di fronte a Arma di Taggia (Imperia).
13 July - Risso’s dolphins have been sighted in the Pelagos Sanctuary after 5 years
Press release in Italian
7 July 2020 - Whales and dolphins after the coronavirus (Italian)
Citizen science expeditions with the Tethys Research Institute have restarted after the Coronavirus lockdown.
The fluke-less fin whale comes back to the Pelagos Sanctuary: will it be able to feed?
22 June 2020 – The fluke-less fin whale comes back to the Pelagos Sanctuary: will it be able to feed?
“Fluker” or “Codamozza”, the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) with no flukes, has reached the heart of the Pelagos Sanctuary, and is now swimming between Finale Ligure and Genoa, as a local skipper, Walter Spagna, told the Tethys Research Institute.
Codamozza, the fin whale with no tale (italian)
La balenottera comune (Balaenoptera physalus) completamente senza pinna caudale, già segnalata nei giorni scorsi al largo della Calabria e nel golfo di Catania, ieri si è avventurata nelle trafficatissime acque dello stretto di Messina
