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Senecio viscosus. This species, endemic to the European continent, was registered for the first time in the vicinity of the Observatory “Roque de los Muchachos” (ORM) by Arnoldo Santos, a local botanist. Although the first specimens were only found recently, (...)

LIFE IP CLIMAZ is the second integrated project to be approved in the Azores. The Climate change is a big problem in Portugal's nine Azores islands. This Integrated Project will help local authority, Regional Secretariat for Climate Change, implement an (...)

The bird of the year was elected, and it is a species exclusive to the Azores archipelago. In an article published in the magazine "Público" it was announced that Monteiro's storm petrel (Hydrobates monteiroi) had been chosen as bird of (...)

In La Palma, work has already begun on the removal of invasive species such as Austrocylindropuntia sp., a group of cacti whose spines can reach 8 cm in length. The photograph was taken in Los Llanos de Aridane, within the (...)

In October 2020, at the Azores Seed Bank, trials with the species Asplenium marinum were initiated within the frame of action C3 "Implementation of pilot studies for the conservation of endemic flora" of the LIFE IP AZORES NATURA project. In (...)

First celebrated in 1997, World Wetland Day marks the date of signature of the Convention on Wetlands, generally known as the “Ramsar Convention”. This agreement seeks international collaboration in the protection of wetlands and their sustainable use. In the Azores, (...)