Seychelles' national carrier, Air Seychelles, announced on Tuesday 11 February 20th that it plans to name its second Airbus A320neo aircraft "Pti Merl Dezil" after the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis).

Nature Seychelles' out-of-the-box career training program, the Conservation Boot Camp (CBC), has been recognized as one of the 10 Top Conservation Training programs worldwide by Conservation Careers. The ranking, announced on Monday 20th January, was based on reviews by past participants of the CBC.

Juvenile Scalloped hammerhead shark killings cause outrage and raise concern over conservation efforts for endangered species.

(Seychelles News Agency) Seychelles' Department of Environment has observed a drastic increase in sea turtle poaching and has therefore increased its monitoring and surveillance efforts, said a top official. The department's director of conservation, Ashley Dias, told SNA on Thursday that the nesting season has barely started and the authorities have recorded 14 cases of poaching compared with eight cases for the whole season last year.