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[WATCH] Poachers kill protected Honey Buzzards near Buskett and Has-Saptan

Despite strong surveillance from NGOs and police, poaching ‘fanatics’ still willing to take risk – CABS

Minister will adhere to ECJ trapping decision, but claims Malta ‘won cardinal points’

“There is a good basis on what to work upon… when the Maltese government has a cause it believes in, it can achieve good results,” he said in a long-winded...

Hedgehogs saved from Luqa construction site by Nature Trust after residents raise alarm

Nature Trust and Luqa residents have saved a community of hedgehogs from a construction site on the second attempt after original traps were...

Nature Trust and Luqa residents have saved a...

Comino’s San Niklaw out of bounds as company blocks access to parts of coastline

Beachgoers will not be able to access San Niklaw Bay in Comino this summer, while some footpaths to Santa Marija beach have been blocked off • Hili...

Beachgoers will not be able to access San Niklaw Bay in...

Birdlife raises ‘fake science’ alert over hunters’ bid to create bird ringing scheme

BirdLife wants Prime Minsiter to intervene in hunters’ bid to amend bird ringing laws

BirdLife wants Prime Minsiter to intervene in...

[WATCH] Hunters moved to Gozo for lax police enforcement in spring free-for-all, BirdLife says

As spring hunting season comes to end, BirdLife reports “indiscriminate massacre” of protected species during the spring hunting season

As spring hunting season comes to end, BirdLife reports...

Azure Window underwater study reconstructs collapse

An interdisciplinary group of researchers has completed a study of the...

An interdisciplinary group of researchers has completed a...

Another five dead Marsh Harriers found in Delimara field

Fields in Delimara one of the worst black spots for poaching on Malta

Fields in Delimara one of the worst black spots for...

[WATCH] BirdLife Malta catches poachers shooting protected marsh harriers at Delimara

BirdLife Malta volunteers and members were able to film a protected bird shot around the fields at Delimara

BirdLife Malta volunteers and members were able to film a...

Sliema man survives green pit viper snakebite in Indonesia

Pierre Portelli, a volunteer at the Anak Alam Learning House in Sumbawa,...

Pierre Portelli, a volunteer at the Anak Alam Learning...

Unique kind of valley discovered by geologists in the Maltese islands

The valley, which has a theatre-shaped head, wide and flat bed, and vertical...

The valley, which has a theatre-shaped head, wide and flat...

BirdLife write to PM to return hunting under purview of environment minister

BirdLife Malta is calling on the Prime Minister to keep bird conservation and protection under the minister for environment, and not under Gozo minister Clint...

BirdLife Malta is calling on the Prime Minister to keep...

Against threat of referendum on spring hunting, FKNK files judicial protest

Hunters file judicial protest over prospect that BirdLife Malta might start campaign to call for abrogative referendum on spring hunting

Hunters file judicial protest over prospect that BirdLife...

Illegal mega bird-trapping site in Mqabba reported to police

CABS uncovers trapping installation in Mqabba equipped with five pairs of...

CABS uncovers trapping installation in Mqabba equipped...

Illegally shot birds in Malta have trebled in four years

Data shows upward trend of rampant illegal killing of birds during...

Data shows upward trend of rampant illegal killing of...

From ornithological society to BirdLife, Malta’s oldest eNGO turns 60

BirdLife remains a flag-bearer of nature protection, 60 years on from its start as the Malta Ornithological Society

BirdLife remains a flag-bearer of nature protection, 60...

Hunters toast Malta’s ‘firm stance against European Commission’ over turtle dove ban

Hunting lobby claims bird migration over Maltese islands has improved after trapping season closes early due to national quotas being reached

Hunting lobby claims bird migration over Maltese islands...

Malta phone app sends alert of invasive alien species

New app disseminates information and images of invasive alien species to report...

New app disseminates information and images of invasive...

Clear skies and windy weather set to ring in the Christmas weekend

The weather outside will not be so frightful this Christmas as the Met Office...

The weather outside will not be so frightful this Christmas...

Hunters claim envy of bird-ringing success is behind calls for new EU action against trapping

Malta could face renewed Brussels infringement proceedings over latest derogation from EU’s trapping ban

Malta could face renewed Brussels infringement proceedings...