New video: Invasive Algae Rugulopteryx okamurae Expedition 2022
Watch the expansion of a recently arrived algae in the Azores archipelago. Images from a short expeditionon February 2022. Video with...
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May 18, 20211 min read
Maria João Fonseca, MSc student | AtlanticNaturalist Staff
Maria Fonseca is a young MSc from the University of Aveiro, that after making her BSc thesis with us is now currently working at...
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Nov 4, 20202 min read
Whale shark | Tubarão Baleia
Scientific Name: Rhincodon typus Common Name (UK, FR, PT, ES, DE): Whale shark, Requin-Baleine, Tubarão baleia, Tiburón ballena, Walhai...
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Nov 3, 20201 min read
Faias em crescimento para substituir invasoras | Endemic Faia ready for replacing invasive plants
Depois de um ano atípico com uma pandemia global que colocou em espera a grande maioria das pessoas e actividades, o projecto de Reflorestaç
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Nov 3, 20201 min read
João Miguel, MSc student | University of the Azores
João Miguel is a young researcher from the University of Algarve and Aveiro doing his Masters in Okeanus, University of the Azores in...
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Oct 11, 20201 min read
Whale Sharks Code of Conduct ||| Código Conduta Tubarões-Baleia: Discussion Until 31/11/2020
In line with our work towards the sustainability of ocean activities, tourism is a major sector with relevant impacts on marine ecosystems a
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Aug 20, 20202 min read
Sighting of a Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) on Faial Island
Our Association AtlanticNaturalist.org has been helping in the monitorization on the first harp seal alive that was sighted in the...
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Jun 30, 20201 min read
Nuno Vasco Rodrigues, MSc | Biodiversity & Conservation Photography
O Biólogo e Fotógrafo de Conservação Nuno Vasco Rodrigues colabora na missão da Atlantic Naturalist.
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Jun 5, 20201 min read
Macroalgae biodiversity in Cape Verde archipelago || Biodiversidade de Macroalgas em Cabo Verde
Cape Verde is home of 10 endemic macroalgae species, being 5 of them restricted to this archipelago! The checklist provided by Gabriel...
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May 22, 20201 min read
Reducing pressure on the most wanted P. capillacea || Redução de pressão sob P. capillacea - Açores
Agar is a gelatinous substance extracted from red algae, with several applications, including the manufacture of cosmetics and food...
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May 15, 20202 min read
Behavioral response to swim-with-dolphin in Azores || Natação c/ Golfinhos: Resposta Comportamental
The Azores are considered one of the world hot spots to see whales and dolphins. The swim-with-dolphin programs started in early 1990s...
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May 8, 20201 min read
New polychaete Lygdamis wirtzi at Ascension and St Helena || Nova poliqueta em Ascenção e St Helena
Little is known about the polychaete fauna in these two south mid-Atlantic Islands. Studies like Brown et al. 2019 bring an important...
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May 4, 20201 min read
Atlantic Naturalist YouTube Channel is out now!
To reach a wider audience during a 2020 leading to an evermore digitial society, we have finally joined this media format. The initial...
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May 1, 20202 min read
New sculptured mitten lobsters in the Cape Verde Islands || Nova espécie de Cavaco em Cabo Verde.
A local fisherman on the island of São Vicente reports that he has never seen this species in his 25 years of fishing, except in recent...
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Apr 17, 20201 min read
A shelf-life period for snake eels (Ophichthidae)
In 1981, specimens of Apterichtus kendalli and Herpetoichthys regius were collected but kept on a museum shelf until Luiz and McCosker...
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Apr 10, 20201 min read
Records from two endangered sea turtle species nesting in Príncipe Island
The Príncipe island is one of the most important nesting places for the sea turtle hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Eastern...
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Apr 3, 20201 min read
First smalltooth sandtiger shark filmed in Ascension Island
A smalltooth sandtiger shark was filmed at 765 m depth, leaving a tooth on the hydrophone tape wrapping the researchers were using. It is...
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Apr 3, 20201 min read
Sara Vieira, MSc | Cetacean Conservation
Graduated in Marine Biology in the Escola Superior de Turismo e Tecnologia do Mar - IPL, with a MSc in Conservation Biology with the...
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Nov 8, 20191 min read
Clara Rodrigues sums up 2019 season on Azorean Delphinids
Clara Rodrigues from #ISPA (Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada) in Lisbon presented today her fresh data from 2019 on Delphinids...
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Nov 5, 20191 min read
Derrame petróleo afecta o Brasil "O peixe é um animal inteligente, ele vai se desviar da mancha"
Um derrame de petróleo ao largo do Brasil afecta já grande parte da Costa nordeste, incluindo 225 praias e registos reportados no...
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