August 1, 2024
The bodies of Blainville’s Beaked Whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) and other large cetaceans often house certain types of barnacles. On tours like this morning, where we see […]
July 29, 2024
Have you already taken the time to look at our teams’ profiles on the Lobosonda-website? Apart from introducing ourselves and explaining a bit about our lives […]
July 28, 2024
One of our captains is known for describing Rough Toothed Dolphins (Steno brendanensis) as a classic car. This is specifically in comparison to bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops […]
July 26, 2024
There is no such thing as a “normal” day on Madeira’s Ocean. If you have had a look at our sighting’s statistics, you have noticed that […]
July 25, 2024
On todays 17:00 Stenella they met (alongside other things) a Hammerhead shark (Sphyrna sp.). This has reminded me of the long-standing internet debate on whether shark […]
July 24, 2024
Before any of our trips, during my briefings, I mention the necessity of patience. Patience, which our spotters have, scanning the sea all day long in […]
July 21, 2024
“Mar de aceite”, literally means the oil-ocean, which is an expression that is used in Portugal for very calm sea days, when there is not a […]
July 20, 2024
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about speed. This is because of two facts. Firstly, I found out that flying fish reach a top speed of […]
July 18, 2024
Our today’s voyages were dominated by some of our most commonly sighted species, the Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Both species […]