{"id":9101,"date":"2025-11-07T23:13:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T23:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.espacotalassa.com\/?page_id=9101"},"modified":"2026-11-02T17:41:55","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T17:41:55","slug":"talks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/espacotalassa.com\/en\/research-education\/talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- tt-season -->\n\n<div style=\"background:#faf8f2;border:1px solid #e7e3d8;border-left:4px solid #115eb9;border-radius:4px;padding:1rem 1.25rem;margin:0 0 1.5rem;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#1d3455;line-height:1.6\"><strong style=\"font-family:Lora,serif;font-size:18px\">The 2026 talks are over.<\/strong><br>Thank you to everyone who came, and see you next year! Below is this year&#8217;s programme; next year&#8217;s may change.<\/div>\n\n<!-- \/tt-season -->\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday to Friday at 6 PM, there are <strong>free talks, the &#8220;Matin\u00e9es&#8221;<\/strong>,<strong> <\/strong>about Azorean marine life: sea turtles, seabirds, whale biology, photography and photo identification. Yes, they&#8217;re called &#8220;Matin\u00e9es&#8221; and they&#8217;re at six in the evening. 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