The hardy, beautiful azalea is a mainstay in gardens worldwide. In the language of flowers, they symbolize temperance and ...

Charm, romance, seduction… the oleander (Nerium oleander) or desert rose has long been featured in myth. In the language ...

A 4 c. BC Greek fresco bearing striking similarities to the traditional portrayals of the Virgin Mary has been discovered in ...

Spokeo examined State Symbols USA and other resources to explore why state seals are significant and how they help us ...

Friedrich Hölderlin was an important German Romantic lyric poet whose great work managed to bridge the Classical and Romantic ...

Did you know every month has two corresponding birth flowers? Find out the name and meaning behind your primary and secondary ...

There's something magical about the contrast between the deep-blue waters of the Aegean Sea and the ancient ruins and white buildings found on the Greek islands. The best Greece cruises offer a ...

Cyprus gained independence from British rule in 1960, but Greek-Turkish Cypriot tensions led to violence, with Turkey intervening in 1974 after a Greek-backed coup and seizing over a third of the ...

Nature-based solutions (NbS) are actions that protect, manage, or restore these ecosystems in ways that provide benefits to communities and ecosystems at the same time. For example: Coastal ecosystems ...

The olive tree is one of the most iconic symbols of the Mediterranean basin ... olive trees became less prominent in the landscape. The Greek period (8th–3rd century BCE) saw a focus on cereal ...

March 18 - The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, which runs $1.6 trillion in assets, has just published new assessments of its nature risk ...

A description of the terminology and methodology used in this supplement, and a guide to the functionality that is available free online at natureindex.com. The Nature Index is a database of ...