Ineia leader threatens to dig up turtle nests in Akamas protest (Updated)
Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis warned on Wednesday that Ineia landowners were entitled to stage protests but not to engage in extreme behaviour or cause damage...
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More than 2000 turtle nests in Cyprus
More than 2,000 sea turtle nests were located in Cyprus in 2021, Simos Demetropoulos, a biologist-environmentalist, told CNA. Demetropoulos and Italian Angela Mastrogiacomo, the biologists...
Volunteers to aid protection of turtles
There has been an increase in the nesting of sea turtles and especially the caretta-caretta turtle in recent years said Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on...
Fisheries department issues advisory about turtle sightings
Given recent reports from the public about turtle sightings in shallow waters around the coast, the fisheries department said on Monday it was normal and...
Rangers concerned deep water port could threaten Congo’s sea turtles
By Hereward Holland Each year Christian Ndombe and other park rangers scour the beaches of Democratic Republic of Congo’s vanishing coastline for turtle nests, bringing...
Galapagos tortoises belong to new species, says national park
By Alexandra Valencia Scientists have discovered that a type of giant tortoise present on one of Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands is not from the species it...
US ambassador at Lara for release of baby turtles (photos)
The US Ambassador visited Lara Bay in the Akamas on Tuesday morning where she observed the release of newly hatched baby turtles into the sea....
Newly hatched turtles caught on camera at Kiti beach (video)
Visitors at the Parasolia beach in Kiti on Thursday were thrilled to see scores of newly hatched baby turtles making their way to the water....
Concerns over changes to protected turtle beach in Paphos
The green light for the first organised public beach to be established in a protected area, a turtle nesting spot, spells disaster for the future,...
‘Stop giving animals away as party favours’ vet service says
Giving away live animals at event or festivals is illegal and cruel to the animals, the veterinary department said on Friday following reports that wedding...
