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Kuwait Sea Base: New iPhone App

09 Jun 2012

A new easy-to-use identification guide not just for the Kuwaiti Sea but also for the whole northern Arabian Gulf as a free iPhone/iPad and iPod Touch app.

You can...

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app, iphone, Kuwait, SeaBase

Biodiversity East at Future Green

28 Oct 2011

Come meet us at the Future Green event Goumbook will be organizing in partnership with Emaar and Dubai Marina Mall.

Future Green 2011 is meant to attract Green Businesses and Responsible Consumers from all over the UAE to participate and attend the...

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Dubai, Future Green, Marina Mall

New article by Nancy at the Arab Times - Mudflats in Warba and the Mudskippers

25 Oct 2011

Read here
http://www.bio-e.org/lib/mudflats-and-mudskippers-warba

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Kuwait, mudflats, Mudskipper, Warba

100 Hawksbill turtles released to celebrate Earth Day

29 Apr 2011

In front of a crowd of hundreds of onlookers in Dubai, 100 endangered hawksbill turtles were released back into the wild on Friday, April 22 to celebrate Earth Day.

The sea turtles were rehabilitated by the Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project (DTRP), which...

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Dubai, Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project, Earth Day, Hawksbill, turtles

The Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Centre helps save injured turtles

25 Mar 2011

More than 210 sick or injured marine turtles have been received  at the Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project (DTRP) since December, with up to 45 turtles on one day alone in January — the largest number of turtles by far that the project has received in any...

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Dubai, Dubai Turtle Rehabilitation Project, endangered, Hawksbill, injured, rehabilitation, sick, turtles, UAE

Thresher sharks visit "cleaning stations"

18 Mar 2011

Thresher sharks visit cleaning stations to rid themselves of nasty parasites, say researchers.

Scientists filmed sharks off the coast of the Philippines visiting a tropical seamount - or undersea mountain. This is a habitat for cleaner fish, which nibble...

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cleaning, reef, sharks

Thousands of seabirds killed by the tsunami

16 Mar 2011

Thousands of seabirds killed near Hawaii as huge waves swept over parts of the remote, low-lying Midway atoll. The sanctuary is home to more than two million birds.

One lucky survivor was...

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1st Oman Sustainable Urbanisation Conference - 30-31 May 2011

15 Mar 2011

The 1st Oman Sustainable Urbanisation Conference which will be held on the 30th - 31st of May 2011 at the Al Bustan Palace Intercontinental Muscat aims to gather government, non-government organizations, urban professionals, academics, and local authorities,...

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Hawksbill, Kuwait, turtles

Photographic Maps of the Primates of Kenya and Tanzania

09 Mar 2011

Photographic Maps of the Primates of Kenya and Tanzania (a tool for identification and conservation) is a project deve loped by the ...

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Africa, Kenya, primates, Tanzania

The birds of Masirah Island, Oman’s top birding spot

01 Mar 2011

The birds of Masirah Island – Oman’s top birding spot

An article written by Nancy Papathanassopoulou with photographs by Colin Murray published on the website Wildlife Extra.

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Record flock of Sociable Lapwings discovered in Oman

11 Feb 2011

Exciting news has just reached us that a country record flock of 90+ Sociable Lapwings was present at Salalah in Oman on December 25th, 2010.

The record was submitted to the Amazing Journey team by Spanish birder Daniel Lopez Velasco who was on a birding...

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