BirdLife asks Abela to help keep planned EU Nature Restoration law alive
In an open letter to Abela on Saturday, BirdLife Malta said that the Council of EU Ministers had betrayed "Europe and nature" and asked him to help to save the law by...
Exhibition puts Comino's exploitation, environmental degradation under the spotlight
The works featured in the exhibition highlight the efforts of civil society to protect Comino, while also addressing contemporary issues such as proposed hotel redevelopment,...
More than 51,000 finches were trapped and kept in captivity during past season, BirdLife says

Despite over 2,600 registered trapping sites last autumn, BirdLife Malta found that many trapping sites were operating illegally, with some only becoming...

Despite over 2,600 registered trapping sites last autumn,...

MEPs vote in law binding member states to restore degraded EU ecosystems

EPP votes against nature restoration deal, but Nationalist MEP David Casa breaks ranks

EPP votes against nature restoration deal, but Nationalist...

Valley Road tree-pruning: Plan devised to minimise impact on birds

Pruning of the 145 Valley Road trees will be conducted in three stages to...

Pruning of the 145 Valley Road trees will be conducted in...

Farmers and scientists to educate public on Maltese snakes and reptiles

Learn about Maltese snakes and reptiles and the effects of human interaction and climate change on the islands’ herpetofauna

Learn about Maltese snakes and reptiles and the effects of...

BirdLife Malta’s Nature Guardians course starts again next March

Embrace the role of a Nature Guardian with BirdLife Malta this spring

Embrace the role of a Nature Guardian with BirdLife Malta...

Gozo’s alien frogs came from Turkey, genetic research shows

Alien frogs from three fresh water locations in Gozo trace their origins to...

Alien frogs from three fresh water locations in Gozo trace...

Ornithologist Marie Claire Gatt is first Maltese woman to hold Maltese bird-ringing licence

Ornithologist is first Maltese woman to hold a bird-ringing licence issued by the Maltese Bird Ringing Scheme in its 47-year history

Ornithologist is first Maltese woman to hold a bird-ringing...

Recognising Maltese Honey Bee as national insect will not lead to increased bureaucracy, NGO insists

The Foundation for the Conservation of the Maltese Bee is calling on the Environment and Resources Authority to declare the Maltese Honey Bee as the national...

The Foundation for the Conservation of the Maltese Bee is...

Robert Abela urged to honour electoral promise and preserve Wied Żnuber

The Għaqda Storja u Kultura Birżebbuġa has written its fifth formal letter to the Prime Minister on the Wied Żnuber area in Ħal Far

The Għaqda Storja u Kultura Birżebbuġa has written its...

[WATCH] 'This is our square': Activists, locals share why they're protesting the Mosta trees uprooting

Activists and residents protest the uprooting and transplanting of Mosta trees that were home to White Wagtails

Activists and residents protest the uprooting and...

Poacher kills flamingo at Qalet Marku as autumn shooting season gets underway

Protected flamingo is killed at Qalet Marku, as a number of GPS-tracked and highly-protected birds of prey tracked have recently disappeared as they...

Protected flamingo is killed at Qalet Marku, as a...

Newly-discovered Sea Lavender named after Maltese botanist Edwin Lanfranco

Limonium lanfrancoi, is only found in a small area within the Maltese archipelago and is unique to the world, and now considered an endangered species with a...

Limonium lanfrancoi, is only found in a small area within...

New Maltese endemic plant discovered: Lanfranco’s Sea Lavender

The flowering plant is a small woody shrub living along a very narrow coastal...

The flowering plant is a small woody shrub living along a...

Italian bee monarchs driving Maltese queens towards ‘extinction’

Fondazzjoni għall-Konservazzjoni tan-Naħla Maltija want a ban on the...

Fondazzjoni għall-Konservazzjoni tan-Naħla Maltija want a...

Controversial bird trapping season open on Friday following ORNIS vote

BirdLife Malta said bird trapping season opened on Friday despite being non-conformant to the European Birds Directive, which considers it 'an...

BirdLife Malta said bird trapping season opened on...

Two young turtles released into the wild after rehabilitation

The turtles were rehabilitated after falling victim to ghost fishing and...

The turtles were rehabilitated after falling victim to...

Poachers near Buskett kill protected Osprey juvenile on first flight to Africa

Protected bird ringed in Latvia shot over Buskett, BirdLife says birds resting in Malta on their way to Africa no longer protected by dismantled 3pm curfew

Protected bird ringed in Latvia shot over Buskett, BirdLife...

Court turns down ministers’ pleas on BirdLife lawsuit over hunting derogation

Both environment and Gozo ministers will have to answer for the claim after a judge refused their pleas that they were non-suited

Both environment and Gozo ministers will have to...