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Here is our journal, a venture in creative e-literature that could be of interest to anyone seeking information or a forum to express natural history information in a semi-formal matter.

Our journal’s purpose is to promote the mission of Biodiversity East, especially through natural history appreciation by providing a forum for disseminating descriptive site-based information. Our stories focus on the wildlife, conservation history, and places of the East, but often roam much farther afield. Our story topics include: fauna and flora, interviews, events, conservation history, places to visit, places in need of protection or just a story about a visit to a natural place and encounters with wildlife.

If you have a story to share please contact us at info@bio-e.org or the founding members directly. We are open to host any nature related story from the East!

Birds of Kuwait - A Comprehensive Visual Guide
Download the Birds of Kuwait book (pdf ebook)  or visit the website www.kuwaitbirds.org

Kuwait Sea Base iPhone App
An iPhone App to take the plunge with
Kuwait Sea Base iPhone App
Kuwait Sea Base iPhone App
Kuwait Sea Base iPhone App
Kuwait Sea Base iPhone App
Kuwait Sea Base iPhone App

Nada is back to nest!
A first for the Gulf: Nada, the satellite tracked sea turtle, is back to nest in Um Al Maradim
On her way back to the sea, after nesting, the early morning hours of 24 May 201
Nada's emerging track on the beach of Umm Al-Maradim in May 2010. Photo: Pinaki
Nada's movements in her two years of tagging (map by Alan F. Rees, University of
Nada's movements around Umm Al-Maradim in the last month (map by Alan F. Rees, U
Hawksbill turtle swimming in Umm Al-Maradim waters. Photo: Ali Alhafez/KTCP
Nada with her satellite tracking device freshly installed in May 2010

Larnaka Salt Lake
The Salt Lake at Larnaka Cyprus: A complex ecosystem

Mudflats and Mudskippers in Warba
Mudflats in Warba on the Mesopotamian Delta. Feuturing the unique Mudskipper that lives his life in both worlds!
Mudskipper burrows - Warba Mudflats
Mudskipper burrows - Warba Mudflats
Mudskipper and his burrow - Warba Mudflats
Mudskipper and his burrow - Warba Mudflats
Mudskipper and his burrow - Warba Mudflats
Mudskipper and his burrow - Warba Mudflats
Mudskipper and his burrow - Warba Mudflats
Sunset in Shatt Al-Arab

Summer waterbirds on Kuwait Bay
Birdwatching in Kuwait Bay in July. Jahra Pools Reserve, Doha Spur and Sulaibikhat Bay.

Phrygana vegetation on southern Greece
Life with dry summers and wet winters
Mani, Peloponese, Greece
Phrygana, Mani, Peloponese, Greece
Opuntia fruits
Pyrus amygdaliformis
Serapias vomeracea
Building in Mani, Greece
Field in Throkalou, Mani, Greece
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus - Mediterranean Black Widow Spider

Corn Crake seen on Qaru Island
Sighting extraordinary of a Corn Crake (Crex crex) on Qaru Island
Corn Crake on Qaru Island
Corn Crake on Qaru Island
Corn Crake on Qaru Island
Corn Crake on Qaru Island
Corn Crake on Qaru Island
Corn Crake on Qaru Island
Qaru Island, the end of the night shift!
Qaru Island

Blacktip Reef Shark spotted in Kuwait waters
127 fish species seen near Qaru Island
Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharinus melanopterus) in Qaru (Aris Vidalis, KTCP, June
Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharinus melanopterus) in Qaru (Aris Vidalis, KTCP, June
Qaru Island, Kuwait (Aris Vidalis, KTCP, June 2011)
Teira Batfish (Platax teira) (Aris Vidalis, KTCP, June 2011)
Scaly whipray (Himantura imbricata) (Aris Vidalis, KTCP, June 2011)
Orangedotted Blenny (Aris Vidalis, KTCP, June 2011)
Queenfish (Scomberoides commersonianus) (Aris Vidalis, KTCP, June 2011)
Gulf Parrot Fish (Scarus persicus) (Aris Vidalis, KTCP, June 2011)

Pond environments in Cyprus

Threatened oases
Oroklini: ponds, tamarisk shrublands and farmland.
Black-necked stilt breeding at Oroklini.
Oroklini:One of the few natural pond habitats with open water in the southeast o
Housing developments buit too close to the laggon canal on formerly marshy lands
Little-ringed plover; perfect camouflage.
Housing developments threaten remnant pond in the former lake’s basin.
Spur-winged Plover, a rare breeder.
Moto-cross, shooting-range, off-road driving, poaching on the Paralimni lake bed

Bird race in Athens
April 2011: 6th annual Bird race in Athens
Photo from previous Bird Race where several rallying groups met together
Young birders at Alyki Loutsa Lagoon.
One of the young birders keeps notes
Re-flooded temporary wetland of Loutros, next to Athens International Airport.
Most of us called this one pictured here a Long-legged Buzzard.
A female Ferruginous Duck at Schinias-Marathon National Park.
Yellow-legged Gulls at Loutros, next to Athens international Airport.
Flock of Glossy Ibis at Schinias-Marathon National Park.

Satellite telemetry on sea turtles in Kuwait
Satellite telemetry on sea turtles in Kuwait - challenging and worth it

The Evros River
The Evros River as a “Frontier Park” and “International Park” in Thrace

Endangered Sea-turtles nesting on Kuwait Islands
Endangered Sea Turtles choose Kuwait Islands to make a unique nesting area in the Gulf.
KTCP - Sea-turtles nesting on Kuwait Islands
KTCP - Sea-turtles nesting on Kuwait Islands
KTCP - Sea-turtles nesting on Kuwait Islands
KTCP - Sea-turtles nesting on Kuwait Islands
KTCP - Sea-turtles nesting on Kuwait Islands
KTCP - Sea-turtles nesting on Kuwait Islands
KTCP - Sea-turtles nesting on Kuwait Islands
KTCP - Sea-turtles nesting on Kuwait Islands

Masirah Island
How protecting sea-turtles led to the creation of an Environmental Information Center.
Mesuring a Loggerhead sea-turtle as it returns to the sea after nesting
Masirah

Amvrakikos Wetlands
A great complex of wetlands home to marvelous biodiversity

Olive Ridley Turtles of Masirah Island
...tracked through the oceans for the first time in Arabia

Schinias-Marathon National Park
Schinias-Marathon National Park, Attiki, Greece. A wetland with great history.
Schinias National Park, Greece (photo by aris Vidalis)
Schinias National Park, Greece (photo by aris Vidalis)
Glossy Ibises feeding in Schinias, Greece (photo by aris Vidalis)
Schinias National Park, Greece (photo by aris Vidalis)
Schinias National Park, Greece (photo by aris Vidalis)
Schinias National Park, Greece (photo by aris Vidalis)
Night Herons in Schinias National Park, Greece (photo by aris Vidalis)
Schinias National Park, Greece (photo by aris Vidalis)

Khamisa
Green turtles of Masirah