Environment

Many remarkable marine animals can be found in the waters of Greece.

Greece welcomed on Friday the first contingent of a total of 200 EU firefighters who started their mission to assist the work of their Greek colleagues during the summer firefighting season. The Romanian contingent, which was the first foreign unit...

Greece and its geology are a wonder of nature, a stunning landscape blessed with high mountains, blue seas and over six thousand islands.

NASA announced last week that there is a new “double crater” on the moon, but no country is claiming responsibility for the impact. The double crater is the combination of two craters, both roughly 19.5 yards and 17.5 yards in...

Animals were an important part of life in antiquity, and Ancient Greeks loved their pets. Ancient sources tell us that they kept a wide variety of animals at home, ranging from dogs to snakes. Paintings, writings, and sculptures from ancient...

Greek scientists believe that a cave near Vravrona, about 40 km (25 miles) east of Athens, was a hideout for lions and panthers which roamed the ancient Greek countryside thousands of years ago. Fossils belonging to small and large mammals,...

The mummified remains of a nearly intact baby woolly mammoth were discovered by miners in the Klondike gold fields of Canada’s far north last week. Members of the local Tr’ondek Hwech’in First Nation named the calf Nun cho ga, which...

A male chimpanzee was shot dead after escaping from its enclosure at the Attica Zoological Park, which is located just outside of Athens, on Saturday. The killing of the animal, as well as the details surrounding its escape from the...

A huge sunspot that has doubled in size in just 24 hours now faces Earth, threatening to send a solar flare our way. The sunspot known as AR3038 has been growing in size recently, and footage from NASA's Solar Dynamics...

Greece's many coastal islands, dense urban centers, and historical architectural sites like the Parthenon have been iconic to foreigners across the world for decades. But the country is also home to an unbelievable variety of landscapes that non-natives would...

At its peak, the Ottoman Empire spanned three continents, controlling a vast part of Southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.

Hard Rock International and GEK TERNA Group announced their partnership for the construction and operation of an integrated resort and casino at Hellinikon, the former Athens airport, on Wednesday. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Athens, which is set to open...

An ancient oak tree in northern Greece is believed to be among the oldest surviving tree of its kind in Europe. 

A fisherman on the Mekong river in Cambodia last week hooked the biggest freshwater fish ever recorded, scientists said -- a 300-kilogram stingray. The giant stingray that measured about 13 feet in length was caught by a fisherman, Moul Thun,...

The volcanic explosions of the year 536 caused researchers to state recently that that year was definitively "the worst year to be alive."