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Protecting the pollinators: Understanding the nation-wide push to let wildflowers be

Wildflowers are a crucial component of Malta’s natural environment since they provide essential habitats and food for a variety of species, including insects, birds, and...

Planning Authority continues to remove illegally dumped material near Mdina, Mtarfa

The Planning Authority has resumed works to remove illegally dumped material between Mdina and Mtarfa after a prohibitory injunction stopped the action in January

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...

Hunters tell BirdLife they don’t need their help to protect Gozo swans

FKNK say they are willing to continue to feed to the mute swans in Gozo on their own or in the company of anyone else

FKNK say they are willing to continue to feed to the mute...

[WATCH] BirdLife Malta calls on hunters to ‘join forces’ to protect birds

BirdLife Malta has extended an olive branch to hunters, calling for them to ‘put the past behind them’ and work together to protect birds

BirdLife Malta has extended an olive branch to hunters,...

Meet the longjaw squirrelfish: a new alien species discovered by Maltese biologists

Relentless research of marine biodiversity continues to produce new discoveries on species found in Maltese waters

Relentless research of marine biodiversity continues to...

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Wild birds not the sole prerogative of BirdLife Malta, hunters' lobby claims

Federation accused BirdLife Malta of arrogance for taking the welfare of the birds upon itself and ordering the public be kept away

Federation accused BirdLife Malta of arrogance for taking...

[WATCH] Gozo swans suffering due to malnutrition, public attention

BirdLife Malta says that the attention of the public, malnutrition and the...

BirdLife Malta says that the attention of the public,...

Mute swans return to Marsalforn reservoir

Six of the twelve swans that arrived on Sunday have return to Marsalforn after...

Six of the twelve swans that arrived on Sunday have return...

[WATCH] Common kestrel and merlin released on Comino

After weeks of rehabilitation, BirdLife Malta releases two birds of prey on...

After weeks of rehabilitation, BirdLife Malta releases two...

Cheetahs heading towards extinction, zoologists warn

Only 7,100 cheetahs remain in the wild, a scientific study has revealed.

Only 7,100 cheetahs remain in the wild, a scientific study...

Updated | Animal rights minister brushes off warnings on widespread trapping illegalities

Vast majority of unregistered trapping sites flagged by BirdLife and CABS are no longer active, animal rights junior minister Roderick Galdes argues

Vast majority of unregistered trapping sites flagged by...