Increased volcanic activity in Greece’s famed tourist hotspot of Santorini has prompted the country’s civil protection minister to call a meeting with local and disaster response officials.

Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated the environment with lead early on in antiquity.

Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution in the environment dating to around 5,200 years ago. That's ...

Scientists from across the Middle East are working together to save an unlikely symbol of hope: the barn owl. View on ...

The mute swan is the national animal of Denmark. Its graceful appearance and white feathers are often associated with purity and elegance ...

Sharks and rays have populated the world's oceans for around 450 million years, but more than a third of the species living today are severely threatened by overfishing and the loss of their habitat.

The Vikos Gorge, a wonder of the natural world in Greece, is known as the "Greek Grand Canyon" because of its cliffs and ...