2+ hour, 46+ min ago   (338+ words) The remarkable recovery of a 300kg leatherback turtle rescued off the Algarve coast has become the subject of a scientific study that could help improve the rehabilitation of one of the ocean’s most challenging marine species. Quinas, an adult leatherback turtle…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (637+ words) Conservation organisations are calling on Portugal and Spain to adopt a joint strategy for managing the Iberian wolf, arguing that the species should be treated as a single cross-border population. The proposal comes from Italy’s Green Impact ETS, Rewilding Portugal…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (357+ words) Seven greater flamingo chicks have hatched at Lagos Zoo after keepers adopted an unusual solution to a four-year breeding drought: adding more flamingos to the flock. The park welcomed several greater flamingos from other zoos earlier this year in an…...

4+ week, 2+ hour ago   (356+ words) Zoomarine Algarve has announced the birth of a male bottlenose dolphin, marking a significant milestone as the marine park celebrates its 35th anniversary this year Named Sami, the calf was born on June 2 at around 2pm to mother Luna and father Hugo....

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (292+ words) Visitors to Lisbon’s São Jorge Castle can once again explore the historic monument after dark this summer on guided tours dedicated to the bats that inhabit its ancient walls. The popular “Bats at the Castle” experience runs until the end…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (233+ words) Lagos Zoo is celebrating the birth of four Socorro dove chicks, marking another important milestone in international efforts to save a bird species that is now extinct in the wild. The Socorro dove (Zenaida graysoni) is listed as Extinct in…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (428+ words) Environmental organisations have voiced strong opposition to a stage of this year’s Volta a Portugal cycling race passing through the Peneda-Gerês National Park, warning that the event could disturb one of the country’s most sensitive protected areas. The criticism centres…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (272+ words) Portugal has launched a 30-working-day public consultation on its proposed National Nature Restoration Plan (PNRN), inviting citizens, organisations and stakeholders to comment on the country’s long-term strategy for restoring degraded ecosystems and meeting European Union biodiversity targets. The consultation began…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (429+ words) Six juvenile loggerhead sea turtles have been returned to the Atlantic Ocean after months of rehabilitation at Zoomarine Algarve’s wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre, Porto d’Abrigo, in a conservation mission carried out with the support of the Portuguese Navy. The…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (292+ words) Portugal’s Socialist Party (PS) is calling for an urgent visit to the National Iberian Lynx Breeding Centre (CNRLI) in Silves, as public concern mounts over the government’s decision to place the facility under direct state management without a publicly known…...