It rises dramatically from the Atlantic Ocean like a jagged fortress in the Portuguese Madeira archipelago ... Most famously, the island is home to the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal, ...

About 1,100 live in the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, where discarded nets and other ... Fewer than 700 Mediterranean monk seals hang on between Madeira and the Aegean Sea, while the last ...

see our guides to the island’s best hotels, restaurants and nightlife. The immense waters off Madeira’s coast serve as a habitat for dolphins, whales and other wonderful creatures (monk seals ...