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Nov 25, 20221 min read

The significance of cephalopod beaks as a research tool: an update

One of our researchers José Nuno Gomes-Pereira is one of the few that still use these techniques that range from classic taxonomy to modern

Oct 15, 20221 min read

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...

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Oct 14, 20221 min read

Megafauna community assessment of polymetallic-nodule fields with cameras: platform and methodology

A paper from one of our staff assessing metodologies for deep sea monitoring made on mining area experiments. Schoening, T., Purser, A.,...

Oct 14, 20221 min read

"Gone with the wind”: Fatty acid biomarkers and chemotaxonomy of stranded pleustonic hydrozoans

One of the outputs of project MONIJELLY with jellyfish chemotaxonomy in the North Atlantic area. Lopes, A. R., Baptista, M., Rosa, I. C.,...

Feb 14, 20221 min read

Impact of climate change on the ontogenetic development of ‘solar-powered’sea slugs

G. Dionisio described lower reproductive output of adults and adverse impacts on early life stages recorded under future ocean...

Feb 14, 20221 min read

Anomalously white Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis, Cuvier, 1892) off the Azores. 2016

Review of rare sightings of Atlantic spotted dolphins in the Azores with white coloration patterns. Santos, R. P., Simião, S., Madruga,...

Aug 7, 20191 min read

2016. The little-known Fraser’s dolpin Lagenodelphis hosei in the North Atlantic.

The little-known Fraser’s dolpin Lagenodelphis hosei in the North Atlantic: new records and a review of distribution. Gomes-Pereira, J....

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