Study areas

Tethys has been active since 1986 in several areas around the world.

At present, most activities take place in the Mediterranean Sea, particularly in the context of long-term research projects conducted in the Ligurian, Ionian and Adriatic Seas.

The main bases of Tethys include:

Office at the Milan Aquarium, Italy

Management of the Tethys Research Institute

Cetacean Sanctuary Research

Field station in Vonitsa, Greece

Ionian Dolphin Project: Amvrakikos Gulf, Inner Ionian Sea Archipelago

Tethys collaborators are scattered across Italy, Greece and other European countries. While there is rarely a single place where all Tethys researchers can be found at once, some of them may happen to be clustered at offices and field stations in Italy and Greece or be together on a boat at sea.

Several researchers of Tethys work from home, having turned parts of their house into office/laboratory/library. They keep in touch with colleagues and the outer world through email, skype and telephone.