Umm Al-Maradim
By Nancy Papathanasopoulou, Biodiversity East, KTCP managerFirst published in the Arab Times June 25, 2012
She was fitted with a satellite transmitter on her carapace on a stormy night in Umm Al-Maradim on the night of 24 May 2010. She rode a small wave, which landed her softly on the pristine sand...
By Nancy Papathanasopoulou
They are silent and discreet. Unless looked for, they may easily be missed, despite their sheer size of up to 1,60m from head to tail and their weight of up to 250 kg. Yet they emerge from their natural element, the sea, and dig deep, sometimes for two hours. Laying their...
