The last confirmed sighting of a monk seal in Israel occurred in December 2024, when reservist soldiers reported one at the Rosh HaNikra caves. A rare Mediterranean monk seal was discovered dead ...

Cyprus is set to open a new facility dedicated to the care of the endangered Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus), authorities announced on Saturday, marking International Seal Day.

Once critically endangered and on the brink of extinction, Mediterranean monk seal populations are recovering thanks to dedicated conservation efforts. Greek organisation, the Hellenic Society for ...

The young Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) Panayis, rescued in the Famagusta district after his mother’s death in November 2024, arrived at Larnaca airport on Friday morning following ...

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 and squid a day. But it’s not averse to a ready meal ...

Soon, he’ll be well enough to go home. Panagis is one of dozens of Mediterranean monk seals, or Monachus monachus, that have been nursed back to health by Greece’s MOm, a charity dedicated to ...

Panagis the Mediterranean monk seal will soon be well enough to go home. As he sits on the side of a pool at a rehabilitation center in Greece eating his delectable lunch of whole mackerel ...