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Every year, 40,000 green and loggerhead ­turtles are killed after being accidentally caught in fishing nets across the Mediterranean, both are on the list of ­endangered species

Both Santa and the Sheriff of Southampton dropped in to Ronald McDonald House Southampton to bring some festive cheer

Both Santa and the Sheriff of Southampton dropped in to Ronald McDonald House Southampton to bring some festive cheer

Recent years have seen an increase in the number of green turtles nesting in Cyprus, but new research reveals that this recovery is heavily reliant on an Egyptian lagoon where many turtles feed.

Share The Mediterranean monk seal is classified as “endangered”, with a total population of about 700. The new study – by the University of Exeter and the Society for the Protection of Turtles (SPOT) – used camera-traps to confirm breeding in caves in northern Cyprus, with at least three pups born from 2016-19 at one cave. Only certain caves are suitable for monk seal breeding and resting, so – although the numbers are small – the researchers say urgent action is needed to protect t...

Cartography has us near enough up-to-date on the lay of the land on Earth, but while we can view stretches of land from space, we can still miss out on nuggets of biological phenomena in the finer details. One such golden nugget was recently secured in Northern Cyprus, where researchers found a breeding ground for Mediterranean Monk seals (Hawaiian Monk seals are the eel snorters) that was previously unknown to science. The discovery, published in the journal Oryx – The International Journal ...

There are less than 1,000 Mediterranean monk seals left, and their last breeding sites face destruction to make way for coastal developments

Scientists Discover Breeding Site For Worlds Rarest Seal Species KEY POINTS Researchers discovered a previously unknown breeding site for the species The site requires "urgent" protection because of the threats to the species The researchers of a new study discovered a new breeding site for whats known as the rarest seal species in the world, and it needs to be protected. Mediterranean monk seals are already in danger of extinction, with their populations now at less than 700, the Marine Ma...