On March 29, 2025, the Cap St Georges Hotel & Resort in Agios Georgios, Paphos, hosted a significant event titled “Mediterranean Seal: An iconic species of the Mediterranean – Past, Present and Future ...

The surprise was that a female that the group had rescued four years ago was spotted nursing a pup. About 800 monk seals ...

Panayis, rescued in the Famagusta district after his mother’s death in November 2024, arrived at Larnaca airport on Friday morning following nearly five months of rehabilitation in Greece.“Today, we ...

Nikitas Vogiatzis, prepares to feed Panagis, a mediterranean monk seal, at the Attica Zoological Park, in eastern Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) When ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Panagis hauls himself out ... From near extinction to recovery Sleek and remarkably fast in the water, the monk seal is a skillful hunter and can consume up to 3 kilograms ...

Soon, he’ll be well enough to go home. Renos-Pantelis, a five-month old mediterranean monk seal, dives into the water after its release at a beach on the tiny Aegean Sea island of Gyaros, Greece, ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Panagis hauls himself out ... Sleek and remarkably fast in the water, the monk seal is a skillful hunter and can consume up to 3 kilograms (6 pounds) of fish, octopus ...

Cyprus is set to open a new facility dedicated to the care of the endangered Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus), ...

A Greek charity has been treating dozens of orphaned, sick and injured Mediterranean monk seals, rare marine mammals whose population had dwindled so dramatically that the species at one point ...