A dead sperm whale has been found with a strange cut to its right flank that has left scientists baffled. The whale, known to marine biologists as 2470, was found dead by Jorge Fontes and Bruno Macena ...

Pico—one of nine Portuguese Azorean islands in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that is dominated by a cone volcano—is about three times the size of the U.S. island of Nantucket, or 10% larger than ...

Register at tours@newscientist.com and we will contact when confirmed details including dates and prices are available. Experience the hidden paradise of the richly biodiverse Azores islands, their ...

Whether it’s to watch whales, taste wine, hike or surf, summer offers the best time to visit Portugal’s North Atlantic islands. Millions of years ago, a dramatic series of volcanic events gave rise to ...

Life – we are often told – is about connections. Whom you know, how well you know them – but also, how closely you yourself ...

August 5th 2025 marked a pivotal moment for environmental stewardship and sustainable tourism in the Azores Islands, as Azores Whale Watching TERRA AZUL proudly inaugurated in São Miguel island the ...

October 31 - As world leaders at the U.N. Biodiversity Summit in Colombia wind up their talks on how to implement the target of protecting 30% of the planet’s land and oceans by 2030, we hope they ...

You don't hear the impending arrival of a whale at first; you feel it. There's a shift in the atmosphere, a sudden silence, and then a blow with a breath so heavy that it cuts through the air with ...

Octant Ponta Delgada, located in the heart of the Azores on São Miguel Island, will introduce five new room categories this April, including a Whale Watching Suite. The 123-key hotel tapped Portuguese ...