Court orders works to halt at Pentakomo port over seal population
The administrative court issued an interim order to suspend construction work on the new port at Pentakomo over fears that it may impact the area’s native Mediterranean monk seal ...
Rescued Monk Seal Panayis returns to Cyprus after rehabilitation in Greece
The young Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) Panayis, rescued in the Famagusta district after his mother’s death in November 2024, arrived at Larnaca airport on Friday morning following nearly five ...
Monk seal population increases in Cyprus for 2023
There is an increase in the population of the Mediterranean monk seal in Cyprus and 2023 figures show that there are 20-22 mammals on the island, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said, ...
Environmental education: a necessary tool
Knowledge drives change in people’s perception and attitude
Marios Papageorgiou
Knowledge is a powerful tool that can shape and change lives and the world around us. In recent years ...
Baby monk seal found dead in Moni area
A dead juvenile Mediterranean monk seal was found in Limassol’s Moni area and a necropsy will be carried out by the veterinary services to determine, if possible, the cause ...
Seal born in the Akamas found dead in the north
A dead monk seal thought to have been caught in fishing nets was found in the north by monk seal conservation group Spot.
Haris Nicolaou, part of the government’s ...
Kadis welcomes rise in monk seal population
The endangered Mediterranean monk seal population has had its most significant increase ever recorded in Cyprus, Agriculture Costas Kadis said in Paphos on Thursday.
Their population has now reached 19, Kadis ...
Monk seal breeding site discovered in north
A breeding site for one of the most endangered seals in the world, the Mediterranean monk seal, has been identified for the first time in the north.
With a global ...