No matter how keen on birds you are, watching them in the summer is less enjoyable > here are some of the visitors you may get to see before the heat sets in.
However keen a birdwatcher, there comes a time of year when being out in the open looking at birds loses some of its appeal. [...]
Climate changes appear to have affected the seasonal migration of aquatic birds to Greece, scientific evidence released recently apparently shows.
According to figures provided by ornithologists in Greece, swans, ducks and geese stayed away from natural habitats in various Greek wetlands this January. Their presence is limited compared to previous years, a fact attributed to [...]
BirdLife Cyprus is preparing a guide on where to watch birds in Cyprus, and a frequently used phrase is “almost anything can turn up anywhere”. Taken in context, this usually applies to the over 370 species that appear on the Cyprus list and have been recorded over the years, and obviously not literally anything.
However, [...]
The Stephanion Observatory > The sky’s scenery and the mysteries of the universe have enchanted mankind since ancient times.
At Stephani our ancestors used to explain the reason for day and night, the ongoing seasons, the origin of the stars and other wondrous phenomena of our night sky, with myths, legends and folktales. But for [...]
Great biodiversity and an impressive geomorphology are the main characteristics of the Tzoumerka mountain range, with several peaks over 2,000 meters high topped by Mt Kakarditsa at 2,429 meters. The range forms a 28-kilometer-long wall between the Arachthos Gorge in the west and the Acheloos River in the east.
The great variations in altitude and climate [...]
In the past, people had to know about the stars > In many ways, the ancients knew more about the behavior of nature than most of us do today.
Take, for example, predicting the weather. Since the days of the ancient Greeks, and possibly even earlier, stargazers recognized a pretty accurate weather indicator in the sky: [...]
A new species of mouse found in Cyprus is delighting scientists
Identified by researchers at Durham University, it has bigger ears, eyes and teeth than other European mice. The scientists say it is a surviving remnant of indigenous Cypriot fauna which mostly went extinct with the arrival of humans.
Most finds of new species occur in tropical [...]
