November 3, 2025
Pregnancy is something normally connected to females, but what if I tell you were is a group of animals where the males are pregnant. I speak […]
October 31, 2025
Winter is closing in and with that the wet season here on Madeira starts. This morning the weather was good enough to leave for the ocean […]
October 28, 2025
Today on the first trip we encountered a piece of squid drifting at the surface of the ocean and it was a first glimpse of what […]
October 25, 2025
Today the weather conditions out there on the ocean weren’t the best, but still we headed out there and got blessed with a beautiful sighting. We […]
October 20, 2025
Today on our trips we encountered some Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). This is the most commonly seen dolphins species due to the fact that they are […]
October 18, 2025
If you want to see the animal which most closely resembles the prehistoric Ichthyosaur don’t look further than the Rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis). You simply have […]
October 15, 2025
Today on our trip we encountered some Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). One unique anatomical characteristic is the so-called spermaceti organ. This organ lies over the upper […]
October 7, 2025
Today I want to present you a technique which scientists use to follow cetaceans over time and space. The technique is called Photo-ID. Many cetaceans like […]
October 4, 2025
Today on our first trip with Stenella we could encounter the interaction between fishermen and dolphins in the waters around the island. The dolphins were Bottlenose […]