Daniele Bigi is a researcher of the Department of Agri-Food Science and Technology (DISTAL) at the University of Bologna. His research activity concerns the genetics of domestic animals. About livestock biodiversity, in addition to numerous scientific articles, he has published for Edagricole the Atlases of Italian Autochthonous Breeds: one concerns large animals, the other poultryes. For the same publisher he has also published a book on donkey breeding. Always passionate about photography, he is a member of the Refoto Cultural Association.