Nature’s Silent Guardians: Celebrating Vultures on International Vulture Awareness Day
A Misunderstood Bird with a Vital Role
They circle high above the savannas, deserts, and mountains, their silhouettes stark against the horizon. For centuries, vultures...
2,900 Species Illustrated, 440 Recorded in Beirut Valley: Lebanon’s Biodiversity in Focus
Lebanon’s Beirut Valley has once again revealed its secrets through the lens of biomonitoring. With every hike, photograph, and field note, Husein Ali Zorkot...
Mapping Lebanon’s Green Heart: A Landmark Flora and Biodiversity Map
Lebanon has taken a significant step forward in documenting and protecting its natural heritage with the launch of the first national map of flora...
Anti-Poaching Unit: From Awareness to Institutional Partnerships for Bird Protection in Lebanon
Between July 23 and August 23, 2025, the Anti-Poaching Unit (APU) carried out a packed agenda of activities that combined awareness, field patrols, community...
New BirdLife t-shirts are fighting back against fast fashion
BirdLife has joined forces with clothing company Teemill to launch t-shirts that can be recycled into new garments when they are worn out –...
Rare Great Crested Grebe seen for first time in Lebanon, SPNL...
This video, taken by SPNL team member Maher Osta, is the first evidence for A Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps Cristatus) feeding a chick after...
SPNL Unveils Lebanon’s One and Only Butterfly Garden
SPNL is delighted to announce the opening of Lebanon’s one and only Butterfly Garden—a unique sanctuary where nature, art, and conservation converge to create...
Our Rainforests Are In Peril. Here’s What Needs To Be Done
Most experts say that over 80,000 acres of rainforest are being destroyed every day, with an additional 80,000 being significantly damaged as a result...
Can you help the turtle-dove in its ‘Flight for Survival’?
Every year, millions of migratory birds are unlawfully killed as they embark on their epic journeys between their homes in Europe and Africa.
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