Thousands of fish swarm into a huge shimmering ball - making a last desperate play for survival against an onslaught of dolphins and sharks. British Wildlife photographer Christopher Swann swam in the ...

An incredible photograph shows a blue shark sneaking up on a diver underwater in the Azores. Wildlife photographer Fabrice Guerin, 50, captured the ominous image as he and his team mates went diving ...

Several months on, whales were once again congregating in great numbers during summer in the Azores. A deep, fertile continental shelf attracts up to 28 species – a quarter of all cetaceans – ...

The Azores are currently one of the world’s largest whale sanctuaries. More than 20 different types of cetaceans can be spotted in the Azores and it corresponds to a third of the total number of ...

An Azores bullfinch feeds on the buds of a native tree on São Miguel Island in the Azores. Anne Pinto-Rodrigues When conservation biologist Jaime Ramos began the fieldwork for his doctoral studies on ...

Away from the Algarve, out in the Atlantic, the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira are big on nature and small on crowds. The summits of huge underwater islands, they offer very different ...

Garden enthusiasts seeking an early summer escape need look no further than the enchanting mid-Atlantic archipelago of the Azores. New for 2013, a seven-night small group tour of Sao Miguel – ‘the ...

Knowing whether the choices you make on holiday are harming or helping the wildlife you are there to spot can be hard. Sarah Faith is a senior values writer at activist travel company, Responsible ...