On a survey trip around Madeira, our MARE-Madeira researchers found a pod of dolphins playing with plastic. Catching it with their tails (as shown in the video), the dolphins were passing this plastic between each other like a toy. And…
“We Didn’t Even Have Tweezers” What started as one researcher and a technician with a budget of €0 is now Madeira’s largest non-profit marine research institute, home to a 36-strong research team and a further 22 collaborators. At ten years…
Team Member #2, Patrício Ramalhosa joined João Canning-Clode as a research technician at the very beginnings of MARE-Madeira — back when it was the Canning-Clode Marine Lab. In this, our second ‘Meet the Team’ interview, Patrício shares some of his…
Madeira’s Selvagens (‘Savage’) Islands are home to Europe’s and the North Atlantic’s largest fully-protected marine reserve. Fully-protected status is rare in marine reserves and means that no extractive activities can take place within its borders. Even just entering the reserve…
“I did my Bachelor’s, went to work for a company and after a while I thought, ‘Okay, it’s time to evolve more.’ So I came back to research and did my Master’s. After that I went back to industry until,…
“It never occurred to me that my early life was anything but normal. I was aware that not everyone had a father and an uncle who disappeared into the sky in balloons. This is something the Piccards did, though. Some…
Do you know Madeira’s only native freshwater fish? Like salmon, it can live in both fresh and saltwater.Like humans, it’s been known to live upwards of 80 years.Like bats, it’s nocturnal.And even more so than the giant panda and the…
One hundred and fifty years ago today, on the 21st December 1872, the HMS Challenger embarked on a voyage of discovery. Marking the birth of oceanography, the Scottish-led expedition circumnavigated the globe on its hunt for areas of oceanographic and…