Thousands of fish swarm into a huge shimmering ball - making a last desperate play for survival against an onslaught of dolphins and sharks. British Wildlife photographer Christopher Swann swam in the ...

People on Flores island like to talk about how remote they are. They brag that they come from the westernmost point in Europe, and they have a hard-earned frontiersman pride: They live in most ...

Several months on, whales were once again congregating in great numbers during summer in the Azores. A deep, fertile continental shelf attracts up to 28 species – a quarter of all cetaceans – ...

An Azores bullfinch feeds on the buds of a native tree on São Miguel Island in the Azores. Anne Pinto-Rodrigues When conservation biologist Jaime Ramos began the fieldwork for his doctoral studies on ...

Just over a year ago, the Azores created the largest network of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the North Atlantic, becoming a beacon of hope and a global leader in ocean conservation. Then, in early ...

A law establishing the Azores Marine Protected Areas Network was approved in October 2024 and took effect recently, on Jan. 1 this year. The network now safeguards 30% of Azorean waters, 287,000 ...

Away from the Algarve, out in the Atlantic, the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira are big on nature and small on crowds. The summits of huge underwater islands, they offer very different ...

Garden enthusiasts seeking an early summer escape need look no further than the enchanting mid-Atlantic archipelago of the Azores. New for 2013, a seven-night small group tour of Sao Miguel – ‘the ...

Intercontinental aviation has done wonders in bringing people together. But flying also brings you closer to nature – in the shape of the amazing creatures that share the planet with us. In the ...