Panagis is one of dozens of Mediterranean monk seals, or Monachus monachus, that have been nursed back to health by Greece’s ...

Rare Mediterranean monk seals making a comeback thanks to conservation efforts - Mediterranean monk seals, which previously ...

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, ...

The monk seal is the only seal species in the Mediterranean Sea and “one of the rarest species of seal and marine mammal in the world” according to Dendrinos. “To protect an animal like the ...

where the extensive coastline offers an abundance of sea caves that provide shelter for females to rear their young. Sleek and remarkably fast in the water, the monk seal is a skillful hunter and ...

Panagis hauls himself out of the pool at a rehabilitation center in Greece and scurries over for a delectable lunch: whole mackerel. It’s been about three months since the orphaned se ...

Panagis hauls himself out of the pool at a rehabilitation center in Greece and scurries over for a delectable lunch: whole ...