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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…