[WATCH] BirdLife: Young flamingo shot in front of tourists in Gozo
Police in manhunt to find perpetrators behind illegal shooting of young greater flamingo at Gozo’s Xwejni Salt Pans
Herpetologist sounds warning over falling chameleon numbers
British naturalist Nick Dobbs tells MATTHEW VELLA he believes chameleon numbers have fallen in Malta over three decades of observing the docile reptile during night counts
Hot weather likely cause of Mosta valley fire

A fire that spread through Mosta's Wied tal-Isperanza on Sunday night...

A fire that spread through Mosta's Wied...

Friends of the Earth urges public to support Kalanka Bay’s public domain status

Environmental NGO Friends of the Earth has urged the public to 'save the untouched Kalanka Bay', which is up for public consultation to be...

Environmental NGO Friends of the Earth has urged the public...

State 'duty-bound' to manage water better, says Partit Demokratiku

Climate change management is in murky waters, Partit Demokratiku warns

Climate change management is in murky waters, Partit...

Updated | Court drops case against ornithologist over illegal trapping

Fiona Burrows had been asked by the police to help investigate illegal trapping but ended up in court after the trapper sued her for trespassing 

Fiona Burrows had been asked by the police to help...

Hunters join big game trophy-hunting club

Safari Club International has been criticised for promoting the trophy hunting...

Safari Club International has been criticised for promoting...

Earth’s sixth mass extinction event under way, scientists warn

Researchers talk of ‘biological annihilation’ as study reveals...

Researchers talk of ‘biological annihilation’...

[WATCH] ERA undertakes embellishment projects for Comino

The Environment and Resources Authority carried out considerable works in...

The Environment and Resources Authority carried out...

Hunters ‘urged to stay calm’ over public domain legislation

Hunters’ federation FKNK is urging hunters and trappers ‘to stay...

Hunters’ federation FKNK is urging hunters and...

Researchers attribute deluge of alien fish to ‘globalised’ shipping routes

Researchers behind the Spot the Alien Fish campaign who have long observed an influx of non-indigenous fish in Maltese and Mediterranean waters, have held...

Researchers behind the Spot the Alien Fish campaign who...

[WATCH] BirdLife Malta rescues two stranded seabirds

BirdLife Malta has indicated that light pollution is likely to cause fledging...

BirdLife Malta has indicated that light pollution is likely...

Alien crayfish found in Chadwick Lakes, research group laments of consequences

The red swamp crayfish has been introduced to local fresh waters, leaving an impact on the habitat and its biodiversity

The red swamp crayfish has been introduced to local...

Authorities ‘failed’ to request relevant studies before approving tuna cages relocation

The chosen location is within two designated marine Natura 2000 sites which qualify as both a marine Special Protection Area for seabirds under the European...

The chosen location is within two designated marine Natura...

[WATCH] Dead thresher shark found in Cirkewwa

The 3-metre ‘fox shark’ was pulled out of the waters dead

The 3-metre ‘fox shark’ was pulled out of the...

[WATCH] Vandals get a kick out of sawing down 36 olive trees

Vandals stormed Foresta 2000 in Mellieha this weekend, cutting down 36...

Vandals stormed Foresta 2000 in Mellieha this weekend,...

New Water treatment facility to reduce dependency on ground water

The facility was inaugurated by the Prime Minister who said it would make Malta...

The facility was inaugurated by the Prime Minister who said...

BirdLife Malta renew call for setting up of wildlife crime unit in pre-election document

NGO publishes 10 proposals to safeguard the environment, which include the stopping of construction projects in ODZ sites, setting up a wildlife crime unit in...

NGO publishes 10 proposals to safeguard the environment,...

[WATCH] European court decision on finch trapping will be respected – Muscat

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat says a Labour administration would respect the decision of the European Court of Justice

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat says a Labour administration...

Former BirdLife director: ‘Busuttil had said he was against spring hunting’

Former BirdLife director says Simon Busuttil had told BirdLife Malta that he was against spring hunting ahead of the 2015 referendum 

Former BirdLife director says Simon Busuttil had told...