Environment

An extraordinary and beautiful story of humans helping animals took place recently in the air between Cyprus and Greece. Two young rosy pelicans which had failed to complete their migration and became "stranded" on the island nation of Cyprus were...

Hundreds of Greek students protested against climate change in the country’s capital on Friday morning in what is becoming a regular occurrence, taking place every Friday in many cities around the globe under the title of ''Fridays for Future.'' The...

Usko, the first bear in Greece to use a wheelchair and the only bear in the world to use mechanical assistance to walk for more than four years, died recently at his home at the  ''Arcturos'' bear facility in...

Satellite images of Kineta, the town in Attica which has suffered so greatly from extensive flooding since Monday, depict the extent of the catastrophe that struck the area. The images come from the European Sentinel-2 satellite, part of the European Union's...

A two-year plan to improve the energy efficiency of Greece's Parliament building has been put up for bid as of November 15, it was announced on Monday. The Greek Parliament decided to boost its efforts to tackle its own contribution to climate...

A bizarre, and unnerving, spectacle has been appearing in front of people who live in Rafina, Attica for the last several days. A herd of wild boars has often been spotted wandering around the streets of the town, especially during...

The fossilized remains of two new species of snakes which have never before been found in any part of the world, were discovered recently near the city of Serres in Central Macedonia, Northern Greece. The Greek researcher who discovered the...

According to a recent study conducted by SETE, Greece's Association of Tourism Enterprises, each tourist who visited Greece in 2018 left behind an average of two kilograms of rubbish. In 2018 alone, more than 33 million people visited the country,...

The Greek government announced a campaign on Wednesday to tackle pollution from plastics, and promised to completely ban single-use plastics by June of 2021. "Thirty-nine tons of plastic waste end up in the sea in Greece (every day) and a...

Scientists recently discovered one of Europe's largest and most important winter colonies of bats in Greece's Achaea county. The colony, found in a part of Limnes cave near Kastria which is closed to the public, is the largest ever to...