Panagis is one of dozens of Mediterranean monk seals, or Monachus monachus, that have been nursed back to health by Greece’s ...
Populations of the rare marine mammals, with their big, round eyes and prominent whiskers, had dwindled so dramatically that the species at one point faced extinction.
the seals with the big, round eyes and prominent whiskers are now making a remarkable comeback. Nearly half of their estimated global population of 800 live in Greek waters, where the extensive ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek charity has been treating dozens of orphaned, sick and injured Mediterranean monk seals, rare marine mammals whose population had dwindled so dramatically that the ...