PONTA DELGADA - An underwater archaeology mission has discovered a part of the hull of the “Nossa Senhora da Luz,” a ship that sank in November 1615 near Faial in the Azores, it was announced on ...

HORTA - About 150 experts from around the world are in Faial, Azores, debating about the present and future of artificial science. “I am very proud to see the island where I was born become an ...

Maria F. Lindia remembers the volcanic ash raining down. Residents of the former whaling village of Capelo in Faial, Azores, would walk down the streets with open umbrellas, trying their best to ...

Whether it’s to watch whales, taste wine, hike or surf, summer offers the best time to visit Portugal’s North Atlantic islands. Millions of years ago, a dramatic series of volcanic events gave rise to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Phylogenetic diversity of the 16S rRNA gene associated with the domain bacteria was examined at the level of operational taxonomic units (OTUs ...

Rising from the heart of the Atlantic Ocean, the Azores archipelago is a Portuguese treasure that’s just waiting for you to stumble upon it. We’re talking nine islands here – including the absolutely ...