Turkey's fishermen and the shy monk seal have both suffered from declining fish in the Mediterranean. But now the fishermen are working to protect the monk seal - and at the same time, improve their ...

NARRATOR:'This is Kostis, one of the world's most endangered animals. He's a Mediterranean monk seal, rescued after he was separated from his mum in a storm.' NARRATOR:'There used to be huge ...

Bruno D’Amicis (Italy) is rewarded for his perseverance with a mosaic-like image of a Mediterranean monk seal. Beneath the clifftop where Bruno lay hidden, a Mediterranean monk seal glided through the ...

POPULATION TREND: Since the mid-1950s, the monk seal population has precipitously declined, with only about 1,200 animals remaining. Scientists predict that the population will fall below 1,000 ...

Greek authorities are searching for the killer of Kostis, a Mediterranean monk seal, which became the island's symbol. Kostis was named after the fisherman who saved it after a storm in 2018.

Critically endangered Mediterranean monk seals are regularly monitored every year in Mersin, southern Türkiye, with more than 120 identified ...

Yulia, the Mediterranean monk seal, was spotted off the coast of Lebanon on Thursday, over a year since she was last seen on a beach in the Gaza Strip, Army Radio reported. The seal in question ...

However, the surge in visitors to Antalya, a beloved coastal vacation spot, is endangering the habitats of endangered Mediterranean monk seals. The increasing presence of stand-up paddleboarders ...

A 10-day old seal, one of the rarest animals in Europe, was rescued off the coast of Cyprus, the ministry of agriculture ...