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[WATCH] BirdLife: Young flamingo shot in front of tourists in Gozo

Police in manhunt to find perpetrators behind illegal shooting of young greater flamingo at Gozo’s Xwejni Salt Pans

Herpetologist sounds warning over falling chameleon numbers

British naturalist Nick Dobbs tells MATTHEW VELLA he believes chameleon numbers have fallen in Malta over three decades of observing the docile reptile during night counts

ERA sets out management plans for land-based Natura 2000 sites

These policy documents address urgent and important challenges to safeguard the...

These policy documents address urgent and important...

BirdLife: No scientific justification for spring hunting season

‘Political promises preferred to scientific facts,’ BirdLife insists

‘Political promises preferred to scientific...

Spring hunting season for quail confirmed

Unlike previous years, this year's spring hunting season will only be open...

Unlike previous years, this year's spring hunting...

Mute swans believed to be observed in Gozo once again

The 12 mute swans that departed from Marsalforn Valley yesterday have...

The 12 mute swans that departed from Marsalforn Valley...

Swans leave Marsalforn Valley after month and a half

The 12 mute swans which had sheltered in Marsalforn Valley since the beginning...

The 12 mute swans which had sheltered in Marsalforn Valley...

[WATCH] Political promises are not a valid reason to derogate from trapping ban - BirdLife Malta

BirdLife Malta have slammed the 'political promises' that led to what was described as 'the current free for all' in songbird trapping

BirdLife Malta have slammed the 'political...

Government ignored AG advice against opening trapping season

Government had ignored Attorney General's legal warnings when it...

Government had ignored Attorney General's legal...

Quail figures ‘belie need for spring hunting season’

Logic for spring hunting of quail now null and void, BirdLife argues, as autumn...

Logic for spring hunting of quail now null and void,...

No rain, but fog and mist expected on Valentine’s day

A rise in air pressure is expected to hit on Valentine’s day,...

A rise in air pressure is expected to hit...

Maltese finch trapping case at EU courts next week

EU Court of Justice will next week hear case over government's decision to...

EU Court of Justice will next week hear case over...

BirdLife lambasts Roderick Galdes for promoting bird-trapping event

BirdLife Malta calls on environment authority to state position on...

BirdLife Malta calls on environment authority to state...

Ornis recommends increase in daily bag limit of hunted quails

Whilst the Ornis has recommended the increase in the bag limit per hunter, the...

Whilst the Ornis has recommended the increase in the bag...

Nomadic jellyfish moving further west into the Mediterranean

vidence has emerged showing that one of the most invasive and impacting marine...

vidence has emerged showing that one of the most invasive...

Online dating for primates? Zoo to have orangutan choose mate on tablet

A zoo in Holland is to show orangutan Samboja a selection of males on a touchscreen in an experiment aimed at learning more about mating choices

A zoo in Holland is to show orangutan Samboja a selection...

Hunter photographs bird that is rare both in Malta and Europe

Hunter photographs bird that is rare both in Malta and...

New plan to tackle threat of spear-fishing to Cerna

The Environment and Resources Authority is addressing the conservation of a...

The Environment and Resources Authority is addressing the...

José Herrera dodges question on hunting during meeting with MEPs

The Maltese environment minister was asked how Malta oversees its derogation...

The Maltese environment minister was asked how Malta...

Hunters and BirdLife put aside their differences in feeding Gozo swans

Discussions between FKNK, KSU and BirdLife Malta yield positive results as they agree on feeding protocol for swans in Gozo

Discussions between FKNK, KSU and BirdLife Malta yield...