Every summer, the coasts of Crete host one of the most iconic visitors of the Mediterranean: the Caretta sea turtle, which ...

· I was a volunteer for six weeks with the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece (now Archelon) in 1998. I went to Zakynthos, and heard that the project in Crete is somewhat better organised. Whilst ...

Greece. It has been a top destination for Brits since, it seems, time immemorial. From the mainland to the wondrous islands that pockmark the Aegean, the Ionian, and the Mediterranean Seas–there's not ...

Mediterranean nesting sites for endangered green and loggerhead turtles are being damaged by tourist developments, according to conservation organisations. Destruction of traditional nesting beaches ...

A BEACH in Europe has been called the “Maldives of Europe” – with amazing sandy beaches and sea turtles Elafonisi Beach is a peninsula in Greece on the island of Crete, and home to a protected stretch ...