the Mediterranean monk seal is now scattered in three isolated groups across Mauritania, the Portuguese island of Madeira, and the Greek and Turkish coastlines. Its decline started in the Roman ...

‘A man’s culture is essentially the sum of his memories,’ wrote José Manuel Melim Mendes in his bilingual book Memories of Porto Santo and Madeira ... (named after monk seals that once ...

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 ...

Monk seals haul out on the beaches of the Deserted Islands, 25km south east of Madeira. They are thought to derive from the African population. Only eight animals remained in 1998. On a trip to ...

Only 500 remain, scattered between Turkey, Greece, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, and the Madeira Islands. Those in Greece and Turkey are restricted to islands and remote coastlines, living ...

Hawaiian monk seals are one of the most endangered seal species, with only about 1,570 seals currently recorded alive. Endemic to the Hawaiian islands, the seals aren’t found anywhere else in ...

Wildlife officials in Hawaii say a monk seal has been found dead in Oahu - the second seal death reported on the island in three months. A team with Hawai'i Marine Animal Response said they ...

A monk seal pup and mother lie next to each other on Lalo Island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Scientists are conducting their annual survey that helps measure the seal population.