Environment

A hungry bear made a noticeable impact on the surrounding area of Mount Paiko in Northern Greece after it was spotted feasting on honey and destroying beehives. The mischievous bear is believed to have eaten 40kg (88 lbs) of...

Scientists have discovered that vital marine species are suffering serious losses due to heat waves in the ocean's depths. These heat waves, which are often referred to as "bottom marine heat waves," last for a longer period of time...

The Greek island of Halki has become the first municipality in the country where residents are actually producing the energy they consume. Halki is a little island in the Dodecanese archipelago, located just 6 km (3.7 miles) west of Rhodes....

Scientists who published a photo of what would be the first-ever goblin shark found in Greece and the whole of the Mediterranean Sea have retracted their report. The retraction, submitted on March 20, follows Gizmodo’s earlier reporting on the...

A massive iceberg in Antarctica named A81, bigger than the city of Los Angeles, recently made headlines for its mind-blowing size. The iceberg was birthed from the Brunt Ice Shelf on January 22, 2023, after a gigantic chasm finally snapped...

There are just 27 adorable miniature therapy horses in the entire world; six of them are in Greece, just off a quiet road in Rafina, on the eastern coast of the Attica region. Magic Garden is a place that has...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) warned of an impending worldwide water catastrophe in a recent study. According to the findings of the research, nearly two billion people, which constitutes approximately 26% of the total population...

On Friday evening, residents of Northern California were treated to a spectacular light show as flaming space debris re-entered the Earth's atmosphere. According to the Associated Press, abandoned communication equipment from the International Space Station (ISS) was the source...

Scientists have uncovered a remarkable new species living in our ocean's depths - Sulfurimonas pluma. Unlike its relatives, this organism thrives hundreds of meters away from volcanic vents despite inhabiting oxygen-rich waters – an environment where survival was thought...

A UN report on climate change warned on Monday that the chance to secure a livable future for everyone on Earth is slipping away. That was the dire message from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which...

An analysis of the economics of water has issued a dire warning that governments must stop providing financial support for the excessive use and extraction of water. Businesses ranging from mining to manufacturing must reform their wasteful practices in...

A proposal to establish the world's first octopus farm that would raise one million octopuses every year for human consumption has triggered concern among scientists. The proposed site, located in the Canary Islands of Spain, aims to raise octopuses intensively...

A prominent research professor at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) has issued a warning that the beaches of south Florida are about to suffer a gigantic bloom of foul-smelling, brown seaweed washing ashore. An ecological specialist on macroalgae, Dr. Brian Lapointe,...

A herd of sheep is helping archaeologists preserve ancient ruins at Pompeii. This Roman city was buried in ash and pumice following the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Despite 250 years of excavations, only about two-thirds of...

Two young biologists from Greece have created an eco-friendly alternative to paper, made from cultivated bacteria.