We are very excited to share with you our latest open-access publication presenting research undertaken in the Bay! Have a read https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0215020  

University of Gibraltar has hosted the meeting of the WAVE project (Whale watching AIS Vessel movement Evaluation project) on Monday 17th of December. Participants involved include the Universities of Cádiz, of Gibraltar ( www.unigib.edu.gi) and of Victoria (British Co...

A dead sperm whale (9.5-metre/31-foot) that washed ashore in eastern Indonesia had a large lump of plastic waste in its stomach, including drinking cups and jandals, causing concern among environmentalists and government officials in one of the world's largest plastic...

Between 3rd - 5th of October, MMIRCs researcher Alessia Scuderi gave a successful talk on the first Conference of the Young Researchers of the Sea (I Congreso de Jóvenes Investigadores del Mar (http://jisdelmar.uca.es) hosted by University of Cádiz. Our talk was focuse...

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One day. One planet. One goal.

On 15 September, volunteers and partners worldwide came together to rid our planet of trash – cleaning up litter and mismanaged waste from our beaches, rivers, forests, and streets.

A powerful ‘green wave’ of cleanups started in Fiji and en...

Yesterday was a great day, we sighted dolphins on the edge of the bay. The pod had around 200 individuals including mothers and newborns again! They were spread out and keeping very low in the water,  accompanied with the presence of shearwaters.

Then, the fun began! Th...

World Clean Up Day 🌍🌱🌊 Saturday 15th of September

STARTING POINT: Plaza de la Constitución at 9.30am

From there we'll split into 6 work groups. Transport to the collection point is your own responsibility and we recommend sharing vehicles.

There'll be six colle...

Bottlenose dolphins are one of two species of cetaceans, that are listed on Annex II of Habitat Directive and require protection and conservation efforts. 

Therefore we are absolutely thrilled to announce two newborns of Bottlenose dolphins, spotted alongside their...

MMIRC took part in celebrating World Environment Day couple of weeks ago (June of 5th, Common Wealth Park). Plastic has been highlighted as one of the biggest environmental threats facing the world by the UN.

In the end, this World Environment Day was so much more...