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On the 19th of April, we organized a beach cleaning action open to the public at Praia de Santa Eulália, in Albufeira, under the motto “The ocean is our Earth”, an initiative by Oceano Azul […]

1% for the Planet is a global movement whose purpose is to support environmental solutions through annual memberships and everyday actions.  The foundation of the 1% for the Planet model is the partnerships that are created […]

You can now read another article where AIMM was a collaborator in, this one about a shark nursery area in Sal Rei bay, on the island of Boa Vista in Cape Verde. Rosa, R., Nunes, E., Pissarra, […]

At AIMM we truly believe that children should start, from a young age, learning about the importance of the ocean and the wonderful animals that inhabit it. This is why we’ve created a new educational […]

AIMM and the diving center Easydivers organized the event “Limpar Terra e Mar”, an underwater and coastal cleaning action in Albufeira that took place on November 20th. Nothing would be possible without the help and […]

AIMM was invited to be a part of the first episode of this edition of Masterchef Portugal. A special episode about the sustainable use of the sea and the importance of its conservation. The teams […]

Docapesca, with the high institutional sponsorship of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, organized EXPO FISH PORTUGAL 2022, the largest virtual space for the promotion of Portuguese fish and activities related to the Sea, on […]

AIMM was a host for the Creative Greenpreneur Adventure, a digital content creation workshop, focused on sustainable and environmental related topics. Organized by the Behind The Greens Media team. Some of the topics of this […]

You can now watch AIMM’s first short-documentary about The Diary of a Marine Researcher. This is a very special project for us and we couldn’t have done it without the dedicated work of our producer […]

You can now read our article about our sighting where we observed an epimeletic behavior in bottlenose dolphins in the South of Portugal.  Castro, J., Oliveira, J. M., Estrela, G., Cid, A. And Quirin, A.Epimeletic […]

You can now read our article about the fission–fusion dynamics of common dolphins in the south coast of Portugal.  Castro, J., Faustino, C., Cid, A., Quirin, A., Matos, F. L., Rosa, R. and Pearson, H.C. Common […]

The goal of this conference is to share the latests research and discoveries in the marine mammal field with the scientific community as well as enhancing collaboration, sharing ideas and improving the quality of research […]

The Mirpuri Foundation Ocean Award was launched in 2021 and is a prestigious international sustainability award that aims to recognize excellence in the scientific community and reward innovative projects that contribute to the health of […]

Single-use plastic plastic bottles are one of the trash items we spot most frequently on the ocean, but also on the side of the road. You can fight this issue by signing the petition for […]

Article with data set compiling unpublished georeferenced occurrence records of 92 terrestrial, volant, and marine mammals in mainland Portugal and archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. AIMM contributed with data about the occurrences of marine […]

© MarGreen/Behind The Greens We were recently joined by environmental content creator MarGreen and the team from Behind the Greens. They got to be a part of AIMM, did some interviews, captured the the day-to-day […]

© Yves Rocher Foundation AIMM is extremely happy to share that our founder and president Joana Castro is the Portuguese winner of the Terre de Femmes Award 2022!   Joana applied for this award with her […]

You can now read our article about the first time we encountered a Bryde’s whale in the south of Portugal, in 2020. This is the first record of this species for mainland Portugal. Castro J, […]

November started very well with another sighting of a fin whale (𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘴) lunge feeding. Common dolphins (𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴) also joined the feeding frenzy. The AIMM team was very happy when we realised that it […]

AIMM was invited to be the local partner in this SnotBot Expedition from Ocean Alliance, an NGO with the mission of protecting whales and their ocean environment. Part of AIMM team went to Faial island in the Azores […]