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Malta leads global research on secretive seabird Wednesday, 30 June 2010 A four-year EU funded conservation project has succeeded in increasing the population trend of one of the Mediterranean?s most threatened sea birds, the Yelkouan Shearwater, of which Malta hosts an estimated 10 per cent of the global population. Read More >

Protecting Malta's wind chaser: The Project Report Friday, 25 June 2010 A publication which summarises all the work, results and achievements of Malta's largest conservation project Read More >

Maltese Shearwater travels to Senegal Tuesday, 1 December 2009 A young Cory's Shearwater has travelled over 4,500 km from its nest in Malta into the Atlantic Ocean and is currently off the coast of Senegal, BirdLife Malta revealed today. Read More >

Experts discuss the future of Mediterranean Seabirds Tuesday, 20 October 2009 European and African seabird experts from 11 countries today started discussions on the designation of protected areas in the Mediterranean at an international seminar held in Valletta. The seminar aims to establish criteria for the designation of protected areas at sea through seabird research. Read More >

International seminar on Marine Protected Areas to be held in Malta Saturday, 17 October 2009 European and African participants from 11 countries next week will meet in Malta for an international seminar on Marine Special Protected Areas. The international seminar aims to establish criteria for the designation of protected areas at sea through seabird research. Read More >

Malta and Greece team up to protect Malta's Yelkouan Shearwater in the Aegean Sea Thursday, 20 August 2009 Scientific data gathered by the EU LIFE Yelkouan Shearwater project in Malta over the last month has highlighted the importance of the Aegean Sea for young Maltese Yelkouan Shearwater, a globally threatened migratory seabird which appears to spend a significant amount of time in Greek waters in the months immediately after fledging at the Rdum tal-Madonna cliffs. Read More >