Vlora, Albania: A team of Albanian marine biologists scan the azure waters of the Ionian Sea for a sign of one of the rarest marine mammals in the world. Mediterranean monk seals were once abundant, ...

Discover the very best of Albania’s up-and-coming coastal city — from ancient ruins and a charming old town to sandy beaches and sumptuous seafood. Set along Albania's southern coast, Vlora is a ...

Journal of Coastal Research, SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 58. Coastal Research in Albania: Vlora Gulf (WINTER 2011), pp. 106-115 (10 pages) Human activities determine dramatic changes in natural systems, ...

Mediterranean monk seals were once abundant, but now there are only a few hundred left in small scattered groups off Albania, Greece and Turkey and in Mauritania, on Africa's Atlantic coast. Yet there ...

Once abundant, the monk seals of the Mediterranean now only number in the hundreds, making the animal one of the most endangered marine mammals in the world. (Photo by Adnan Beci / AFP) A team of ...