|20230410| The big blue!
What a great day! Thanks to you, we were able to collect data on beautiful species such as blue whale and common dolphins. In the...
|20230411| Good morning with sei whales
What a great trip! Thank you for supporting our research and helping us collect data on three beautiful species of cetaceans: sei whale...
The significance of cephalopod beaks as a research tool: an update
We just published a review paper on the state of the art of using beaks to study squid and octopus for Biology and ecology of cephalopods.
The heaviest bony fish in the world: a 2744 kg giant sunfish Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1839)
We came across the heaviest fish in the world during our works with stranded large animals in the Azores. Have a look at this magestic...
|18102020| Spottie's day
|ENG| The wind arrived early today but nothing that will stop our expedition! We went straight to the south of #Picoisland where the...
|11102020| Biggest fish in the world and biggest toothed whale
|ENG| Today was a big day full of big animals! For the past few days, whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) have been sighted in the south of...
|10102020| The comeback of the false killer whales
|ENG| The season is ending and all the team is enjoying every second! Our experienced spotter, Antero, which is on the south of...
|06102020| Sperm whales are back
|ENG| Besides the autumn had already arrived, the good weather is staying! After a few days not seeing sperm whales (Physeter...
|04102020| Biggest fish in the world plus our spotties
|ENG| Fall arrived and we are already at the end of the season. Right before we leave the harbor to go for our expedition, our skipper...
Harp Seal | Foca da Gronelândia - Pagophilus groenlandicus
Scientific Name: Pagophilus groenlandicus Common Name (UK, FR, PT, ES, DE): harp seal, phoque du Groenland, foca da Gronelândia, foca de...