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Watch the expansion of a recently arrived algae in the Azores archipelago. Images from a short expeditionon February 2022. Video with...

Maria Fonseca is a young MSc from the University of Aveiro, that after making her BSc thesis with us is now currently working at...

Scientific Name: Rhincodon typus Common Name (UK, FR, PT, ES, DE): Whale shark, Requin-Baleine, Tubarão baleia, Tiburón ballena, Walhai...

Depois de um ano atípico com uma pandemia global que colocou em espera a grande maioria das pessoas e actividades, o projecto de Reflorestaç

João Miguel is a young researcher from the University of Algarve and Aveiro doing his Masters in Okeanus, University of the Azores in...

In line with our work towards the sustainability of ocean activities, tourism is a major sector with relevant impacts on marine ecosystems a

Our Association AtlanticNaturalist.org has been helping in the monitorization on the first harp seal alive that was sighted in the...

O Biólogo e Fotógrafo de Conservação Nuno Vasco Rodrigues colabora na missão da Atlantic Naturalist.

Cape Verde is home of 10 endemic macroalgae species, being 5 of them restricted to this archipelago! The checklist provided by Gabriel...

Agar is a gelatinous substance extracted from red algae, with several applications, including the manufacture of cosmetics and food...

The Azores are considered one of the world hot spots to see whales and dolphins. The swim-with-dolphin programs started in early 1990s...

Little is known about the polychaete fauna in these two south mid-Atlantic Islands. Studies like Brown et al. 2019 bring an important...

To reach a wider audience during a 2020 leading to an evermore digitial society, we have finally joined this media format. The initial...

A local fisherman on the island of São Vicente reports that he has never seen this species in his 25 years of fishing, except in recent...

In 1981, specimens of Apterichtus kendalli and Herpetoichthys regius were collected but kept on a museum shelf until Luiz and McCosker...

The Príncipe island is one of the most important nesting places for the sea turtle hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Eastern...

A smalltooth sandtiger shark was filmed at 765 m depth, leaving a tooth on the hydrophone tape wrapping the researchers were using. It is...

Graduated in Marine Biology in the Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar - IPL, with a MSc in Conservation Biology with the...

Clara Rodrigues from #ISPA (Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada) in Lisbon presented today her fresh data from 2019 on Delphinids...

Um derrame de petróleo ao largo do Brasil afecta já grande parte da Costa nordeste, incluindo 225 praias e registos reportados no...