An international team of scientists recently completed the first global review on how dams impact migratory species.

In the north of Portugal, there is a fascinating itinerary running through villages, valleys and hills to discover an ...

A barge is docked in Porto Harbour along the Douro river. The Dom Luiz I Bridge, linking Porto with Vila Nova de Gaia, is in the background.JOSE MANUEL RIBEIRO / REUTERS You will never see a river ...

The view of Porto, Portugal, from Gaia, a city across the Douro River. (Jess Fleming / Pioneer ... with many Catholics -- included some farm animals. (Courtesy of Ed Fleming) The next morning ...

APT & Travelmarvel has celebrated the christening of MS Estrela, the company’s purpose-built river ship, custom-designed for Portugal’s iconic Douro River. The ceremony took place near Porto ...

AmaWaterways has a new ship sailing on the Douro River in Portugal. This week, the 102-guest AmaSintra joined AmaDouro and AmaVida on the waterway, offering guests even more opportunities to explore ...

The AmaSintra is sailing the Douro River, with capacity for 102 passengers. The ship has 51 staterooms, most with outside balconies and floor-to-ceiling windows. The ship is a sister to the ...

Porto’s Palacio da Bolsa. Our time in Porto, Portugal’s second-largest city, nestled where the Douro River flows into the Atlantic Ocean in the country’s north, marks the culmination of our ...

The Rhine, Danube, and Rhone Rivers dominate river cruising itineraries, but Portugal’s Douro River is equally impressive. Tiana Templeman shares 10 reasons to cruise along the Douro instead ...

Don't be surprised if you find yourself lounging in a room decked out in animal prints. The 159-passenger ... its own fleet of award-winning 84- to 130-passenger river ships cruising the Danube, Douro ...

Parliament's action reverses a measure introduced by the Socialist government in 2021 that extended protection for the wolf north of the Douro river ... to downgrade the animal's protective ...