A trail camera on Clarke Island recorded an echidna for the first time in decades. Photos show the egg-laying mammal once feared locally extinct. Photo from Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre via WWF ...

From the gastronomic specialties of Sifnos to the enigmatic ruins of the Dodecanese, each Greek island has its own distinct character. Here are the best Greek islands to visit. There’s a Greek ...

Credit: NYC Wanderer (Kevin Eng) / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0 The Bible is the biggest-selling and most read book in human history; originally written in Hebrew and Aramaic, the first ...

Tensions erupted in the Aegean Sea on March 28, 2025, when a Turkish coast guard vessel violated Greek territorial waters near the Imia islets, triggering a 40-minute standoff with the Hellenic Navy ...

Milo of Croton taught us the three basic principles of building muscle. Public Domain Nearly 2,500 years ago, the Greek wrestler Milo of Croton was regarded as the strongest person to have ever lived ...

After a devastating bushfire in 2014, the Pakana Rangers thought Lungtalanana was mostly devoid of life.

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