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Heat-related deaths in Malta could triple by 2095 without climate action, study warns

Malta set to be Europe’s hardest-hit nation, a new study warns

BirdLife launches citizen campaign against illegal bird trapping

BirdLife Malta launches citizen activism campaign to ‘counter the government’s ongoing finch trapping under the guise of research’

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...

BirdLife laments reduction in police officers monitoring hunting season

As peak autumn bird migration approaches, BirdLife laments a lack of police resources to monitor the hunting season and stop illegalities

As peak autumn bird migration approaches, BirdLife laments...

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

Police in manhunt to find perpetrators behind illegal shooting of young greater...

Police in manhunt to find perpetrators behind illegal...

Herpetologist sounds warning over falling chameleon numbers

British naturalist Nick Dobbs tells MATTHEW VELLA he believes chameleon numbers...

British naturalist Nick Dobbs tells MATTHEW VELLA he...

Loggerhead turtles hatch for the second time this season, after another 32 turtles hatched from another nest at Ramla l-Ħamra, in Gozo last week

Loggerhead turtles hatch for the second time this season,...

[WATCH] 32 loggerhead turtles hatch in Gozo

32 loggerhead turtles have hatched from a turtle nest in Ramla l-Ħamra, Gozo

32 loggerhead turtles have hatched from a turtle nest in...

Malta seabirds suffer among highest plastic exposures due to pollution

Yelkouan Shearwaters breeding on Malta are suffering from the highest plastic exposures of any seabird worldwide

Yelkouan Shearwaters breeding on Malta are suffering from...

Beekeeper appeals for action against killer hornets before Maltese honeybee is wiped out

Maltese Apiculturists remain hopeful in their attempts to safeguard local bee colonies from Oriental Hornets as well as the genetic make-up of the Maltese...

Maltese Apiculturists remain hopeful in their attempts to...