Discover the Azores, Portugal's island paradise, offering volcanic landscapes, rich culture and unforgettable adventures from ...

Scientific studies from oceanographic expeditions, combined with Randall Carlson’s research, suggest the Azores Plateau may have once been a large above-water landmass—just as Plato described ...

Around 36 million years ago, the Azores Plateau was formed in the Atlantic Ocean where the North American, Eurasian and African tectonic plates meet.

The Azores are Portuguese colonies, lying due west from Lisbon about a third of the way to America. You only ever hear of them when the air controllers are on strike. Approached over the featureless ...

Ranking of the top 10 things to do in The Azores. Travelers favorites include #1 Azores Whale Watching, #2 Sete Cidades (São Miguel) and more.

As world leaders at the U.N. Biodiversity Summit in Colombia wind up their talks on how to implement the target of protecting 30% of the planet’s land and oceans by 2030, they should take some ...

Despite producing some truly delicious pineapples—and the only pineapples grown in Europe—Portugal’s Azores islands aren’t particularly well suited to growing the fruit. Which is why the ...

The carefully choreographed meeting in the Azores between George Bush, Tony Blair and Jose Maria Aznar is, in effect, a council of war. Condoleezza Rice: The "moment of truth" Officially, the line is ...