"Phang Nga"

A green sea turtle is seen asleep on coral reefs, captured on video by an official of Mu Ko Similan National Park in Phang Nga province. World Turtle Day is celebrated on May 23 each year.

Officials are surveying the risk of collapse of Khao Ta Pu, a natural marine landmark in Phang Nga province, due to corrosion by seawater.

A record number of leatherback turtles have hatched in Phang Nga province as the endangered species makes a dramatic comeback on southern beaches.

With Thailand’s top destinations left virtually empty due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many places like Ban Sam Chong Nuea in Phang Nga’s Takua Thung district are devising new ways to attract local travellers.

Mu Koh Similan National Park officials on Friday brought tourism entrepreneurs and the press to witness its natural beauty and readiness to reopen for tourists in the upcoming high season from October 15 onwards.

A new set of ancient paintings were discovered in Phang Nga Bay Marine National Park on Friday (July 24).

Phang Nga authorities decided to lift the lockdown on Koh Yao district as well as Koh Yao Yai sub-district on Tuesday (April 28) now that there have been no new Covid-19 cases in the district over the past 14 days.

Phang Nga’s governor Chamroen Tippayapongthada said on Monday (April 27) that the province will soon unlock its Koh Yao island.

An eight-year-old boy has become the first confirmed Covid-19 patient in Phang Nga province.

The annual egg watch is underway at Khao Lampi-Hat Thai Mueang National Park in Phang Nga, where up to 85 leatherback turtle hatchlings are due to make their dash to the Andaman Sea on Friday and Saturday (January 17 and 18).

Nattaphong Nilswit, dive master at Sea Bees Diving Khao Lak, said on Sunday (November 17) that his group of divers had been lucky enough to witness more than 30 dolphins swimming around their boat as it passed Rua Jom Boon Soong diving point in Takua Pa District, Phang Nga province. The group was on its way back from a dive at Similan and Surin Islands.

Mu Ko Similan National Park posted on its Facebook page Wednesday (November 13) that staff had found some 50 helmet urchins during a patrol last week on Ba Ngu Island, the first time that these rare aquatic animals had been spotted on the Similan Islands in Phang Nga province.