November 30, 2025
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
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
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
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 […]
October 28, 2025
Marion moved to Madeira in 2003 and has lived here ever since. In her first years on the island she worked as an Assistant Manager in […]
October 27, 2025
Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/916904?size=large Speaking about nature we often hear the words and phrases “Survival of the fittest”, “Competition” or “The larger eats the smaller”, but what if […]
October 26, 2025
This morning both our boats managed sightings of Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) as well as of Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus), two of Madeira’s most important […]
October 22, 2025
Interspecific interactions, or interactions between different species, are anything but a rarity amongst cetaceans. They allow the animals to understand where they can find protection, feeding […]
October 19, 2025
Cetaceans (whales and dolphins) have fascinated mankind since time immemorial and have been widely observed, researched and admired since the very first contact happened between our […]