September 27, 2026
What a day we’ve had ! The ocean gave us multiple exciting encounters, from the small and acrobatic Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) to the impressive […]
September 26, 2026
This might be obvious to most of you but, as land mammals, we are not equipped with the sensory hardware needed out on the ocean. Vision […]
September 25, 2026
Whales and dolphins live their whole life in the ocean and feed on different preys. But what about hydration? How do they get access to freshwater? […]
September 24, 2026
Our spotters have had to deal with a lot of Sahara sand mist clouding their view on the ocean and this did not make things easy […]
September 23, 2026
While the Christopher Columbus Festival is taking place on our neighboring island of Porto Santo, we came across the very crab he was the first to […]
September 22, 2026
If you could sum up all dolphins with one word (apart from the word dolphin…ha!) it would be social. Everything about dolphins is social. All of […]
September 21, 2026
First of all, the “foot” is an English unit of measurement. Today, massive rotor blades, measuring 61.6 meters (202 feet) in length, were transported along the […]
September 20, 2026
No whales on the horizon for now but different species of dolphins passing around Madeira ! Pods of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) have been seen with […]
September 19, 2026
We had two trips out on our different boats today. Both types couldn’t be more different. Our “Ribeira Brava” offers a leisurely pace, a chance to […]