KOTA BHARU, Nov 3, 2026 – The Kelantan state government is stepping up coastal conservation efforts at Pantai Pachakan in Pasir Puteh following the return of a green sea turtle to the beach earlier this year, marking a potentially significant development for marine wildlife protection after approximately three decades without a recorded natural turtle landing. …

CHUKAI, Oct 3 (Bernama) — Some 690 terrapin hatchlings were released into their natural habitat at Sungai Kemaman near Kampung Pasir Gajah here today. Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia (TCS) co-founder and executive director Dr Chen Pelf Nyok said the terrapin eggs were incubated for three months, after which the hatchlings were temporarily cared for at the Terrapin Conservation Centre in Kampung Pasir Gajah. She said TCS had collected more than 1,600 terrapin eggs this year, with over 1,200 successfully hatching. Chen said the release of the terrapin hatchlings was carried out in stages, with today’s release marking the completion […]

MERSING, Oct 2 (Bernama) — Johor continues to make positive progress in turtle conservation, particularly for hawksbill and green turtles, with an estimated 5,000 hatchlings emerging each year through protection efforts at nesting sites and hatcheries. Johor Department of Fisheries director Rosmawati Ghazali said the main turtle nesting sites identified include Pulau Apil, Pulau Dayang, Pulau Besar and Pulau Tinggi here. She said Pulau Tinggi recorded the highest number of hatchings due to its low population and remote location, which helps minimise human disturbance and threats from predators such as dogs and monitor lizards. However, Rosmawati said turtle eggs left […]

MANSOURI, Lebanon — The war reached Mona Khalil’s home before it reached the turtles she had spent more than two decades protecting. On 4 June, an Israeli strike hit the Orange House, her family home on the coast of Mansouri, severely injuring Khalil and a domestic worker. Khalil, 76, died from her wounds two weeks later, leaving behind one of Lebanon’s most unusual environmental legacies — a narrow strip of Mediterranean beach where generations of volunteers learned to protect endangered sea turtles in a country where war, pollution, coastal development, and political neglect have repeatedly competed with conservation.