Few know that there are freshwater shrimp in Portugal. Inhabits rivers and streams. There are records in the center of the country, in the limestone areas  north of Lisbon and it is relatively common in the streams of the Algarve. Atyaephyra desmarestii, as scientists call it, is naturally distributed in the western Mediterranean. The [...]

Every year the number of tourisms with biological pools increases in Portugal and with it also the offer of Holiday with biological pools. This year makes no exception. At the foot of Serra de Estrela, near Covilhã, the Quinta da Sr.ª Marrocas opened its doors and the biological pool. This tourism is located in the countryside [...]

Frogs, newts, dragonflies, swallows drinking water... the natural life next to the biological pool is widely known. But it's not the whole range, because when the sun disappears, the team changes. The night creatures come. The beginning of the change can be noticed through a detail. There are no longer dragonflies in flight, with [...]

The EU-funded PONDERFUL project is investigating how ponds (natural and artificial) can be used as nature-based solution for climate change. The project is evaluating the interaction and feedback between biodiversity, ecosystem services and climate. One knows that low nutrient ponds like natural swimming pools are harvesting CO2 due to their high amount of water [...]

The "classic" biological pool is reminiscent of a natural lake. Here, the plant area and the bathing area form a single water table. There are many other variants. One of them we can call biopool, since it is much more resembling a conventional swimming pool. In this configuration, the bathing area can be much [...]