Sustainable Travel

by ITALY | Fri, 03/20/2009 - 05:15

Researchers have discovered the largest forest of black coral in the world off the coast of the southern Italian region of Calabria, the Institute for…

Climate change, biodiversity in G8 environment talks

by ITALY | Wed, 03/11/2009 - 05:28

International strategies for fighting climate change and protecting biodiversity will be the focus of high-level talks taking place in Sicily this spring,…

Region moves to save starving bambis

by ITALY | Tue, 03/10/2009 - 04:38

The northern Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige has made a controversial decision to help out roe deer starving to death in a national park as a result of…

Mayor charged over Baboon

by ITALY | Wed, 03/04/2009 - 03:54

Police on Tuesday charged the mayor of a small Sicilian town after they discovered a baboon being kept in captivity in the municipal park.Luca Gervasi, the…

Valley of Temples demolition restarts

by ITALY | Thu, 02/26/2009 - 03:25

The demolition of illegal buildings in one of Italy's prime archeological sites has restarted in softly-softly fashion after eight years. Bulldozers pulled…

Wild boars shot in Genoa city park

by ITALY | Wed, 02/25/2009 - 03:38

Twenty wild boars who had made their home in a Genoa city park were shot dead Tuesday to the dismay of animal rights activists and some local residents.…

Med molluscs in sex-change threat

by ITALY | Sat, 02/21/2009 - 03:06

The murex, one of Sicily's best-loved shell-fish, is facing extinction because of widespread sex changes caused by compounds in paints protecting the hulls of…

Mount Etna 'breathing', study shows

by ITALY | Fri, 02/20/2009 - 04:29

Researchers studying Mount Etna in Sicily have discovered that Europe's most active volcano 'breathes', inflating and deflating in cycles.A study of Etna's…

Lights out at Italian monuments

by ITALY | Sat, 02/14/2009 - 03:14

Lights at some of Italy's most famous monuments including the Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain and St Peter's Basilica will be turned off at 18.00 Friday for the…

Snow in Palermo

by ITALY | Fri, 02/13/2009 - 03:48

Residents here in the Sicilian capital woke up to a surprise on Thursday with snow laying a light white blanket over a city where a week ago it was 20 degree C…