Ancient Greek and Roman underwater ruins scattered across the Mediterranean Sea are suffering from widespread stone decay, according to a new study that examined submerged archaeological sites in France, Italy and Cyprus.
The research, published in the Journal of Cultural...
A tiny sea creature known as the immortal jellyfish appears to cheat death by reversing its own aging process, turning itself back into an earlier life stage whenever it is injured, starving, or under stress, researchers say.
The species, scientifically...
Greece has started installing floating barriers along beaches in the Euboea region to protect swimmers from jellyfish and a growing population of toxic pufferfish. The first barrier went up last month in Chalkida, and officials plan to extend the...
Volunteer divers have recorded what researchers believe is the first footage of a great white shark filmed underwater in the Mediterranean, captured during a ghost net removal dive near a shipwreck in the Strait of Sicily.
Derk Remmers, a technical...
The ancient Greeks named the Phoenicians the "purple people" because of the rare purple dye they made out of snail shells, but they were much more than that: they were the Mediterranean seafarers who created the first alphabet
It was...
The first ever assessment of litter in the deepest place of the Mediterranean, located in the Hellenic Trench in Greece's eastern Ionian Sea, has found one of the highest concentrations of deep-sea litter ever detected, raising grave concerns about...
The Mediterranean Sea used to be filled with pirates who terrorized not only Ancient Greece but Rome as well.
Long before the Pirates of the Caribbean, the Seas of Europe were filled with pirates whose ambitions rivaled empires—and whose stories...
The Byzantines and the Venetians were the undoubted trade masters across the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages. Understandably, their relationship was far from harmonious, as both nations were competing to dominate the world's most important trade routes of the...
The Pillars of Hercules appear in ancient Greek mythology in a variety of different settings. They are mentioned in the context of Atlantis, various quests, and of course, in the stories of Hercules himself. They are even mentioned in...
Off the coast of Larnaca, a seasoned Cyprus fisherman is adapting to changing seas by hauling in invasive lionfish and helping turn them into a new dish on the island’s menus. Once known for his catch of sea bream...
