January 12, 2026

05.01.2026 – A wild start

Happy new year to all our clients and blog readers! Pedro and I had the honour of kickstarting this new year with a wild trip on […]
December 26, 2025

19.12.2025 – In rainbows

Apart from being the album title to a great Radiohead album, I find today’s blog title quite fitting in regard to the highlights of today’s morning […]
December 12, 2025

05.12.2025 – Outcasts

Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are known to be selective about who they hang out with. Pod members are carefully selected individuals, based on factors that we […]
December 9, 2025

03.12.2025 – Atlantic heights

Our Stenella tour today started with a hopeful team and guests, and unfortunately ended without a sighting. We enjoyed the ride nonetheless and spent the time […]
December 4, 2025

28.11.2025 – Eye spy

What a treat we were in for this morning on the Atlantic Ocean. Apart from having the pleasure of enjoying observations of two of Madeira’s most […]
November 30, 2025

24.11.2025 – An interspecific affair

Madeira’s waters are deep and teeming with prey for hungry predators, particularly those who prefer areas where deep sea squid is on the menu. Apart from […]
November 26, 2025

19.11.2025 – Mama time

Like all mammals, cetaceans give live birth to their young and care for them until the little ones attain their own independence. How this happens, from […]
November 2, 2025

Cooperative behaviour as a population-shaping factor in northern resident killer whales

Source https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.9g_Fnl4Sp3X6E22Xbke6_gHaE8?pid=Api; on 29/10/2025 The northern resident killer whale (Orcinus orca) is an ecotype of orca in the northeastern North Pacific Ocean. They live off the […]
October 29, 2025

23.10.2025 – Tursiops

The Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops) is by far the marine mammal we know the most about. The adaptive nature of these charismatic dolphins has granted them a […]