Environment

In this video, we take a deep dive into the intelligence of a land animal famed for its memory: the elephant. The saying, ‘elephants never forget’ is so ingrained in ...

Ocean currents are our planet’s circulatory system, and they keep everything from ecosystems to the climate healthy. But we’re changing earth in ways that threaten critical ocean currents ...

Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos dived down to the submerged ancient port of Amathus off Limassol on Saturday to promote plans to introduce diving tours at the site in the near ...

Clinical waste in hospitals has risen by about 35 per cent since the start of the pandemic it emerged on Saturday. This waste includes masks, gloves and rapid test kits according ...

Starting this month and lasting until November, the Venice Biennale 2021 will once again welcome the Cyprus Pavilion at its architectural exhibition. Numerous Cypriot and Cyprus-based architects and designers draw from ...

By Barbara Lewis A herd of life-size model elephants will be paraded through central London on Saturday to trumpet the idea that humans and wild animals can share space in ...

Following a two-week break, live music returns to the Hogshead Pub in Paphos as The Paphos Sessions present another series of performances for May and June, beginning this weekend with ...

Think honey bees are disappearing? Or that the more hives we have the better? This DW Planet A video challenges us to think again. In fact, the numbers show that ...

A two-day workshop titled Dance on Screen-Framing Motion is coming to Limassol led by Chrysanthi Badeka. Coming up on May 22 and 23, Dance House Lemesos invites dancers, choreographers, directors, filmmakers, photographers, ...

Eight thematic cycling routes in Larnaca have been revised and digitalised to encourage people to use them, the Larnaca tourism board said on Friday. Using the slogan ‘Life is a ...

After a series of lockdowns, KunstRaumGoethe, Goethe-Institut Cyprus’ art space, is now hosting its second edition to welcome artists, art lovers and guests to two new exhibitions. The exhibitions Interlaced – ...

The Paphos cultural venue Technopolis 20 is opening the gates to it garden once again with a jazzy musical evening. On Friday the ErmisVickyLee Trio, made up of three talented musicians, ...

Notwithstanding the global gloom caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and despite a painful decision last year to postpone the event, the 20th International Pharos Chamber Music Festival will return this ...

A human with the metabolism of a hummingbird would need to eat about 80,000 calories a day to survive. Why? Because staying warm by making your own heat takes up a ...

Coming up this week, artist in residence at the Cyprus Academy of Arts Helen Kirwan will present the sixth in her series of online performances to be broadcast live to ...

Though encouraged by a significant drop in illegal bird trapping, BirdLife Cyprus has said is concerned about a spike in incidents of illegal shooting of protected species at different blackspots, ...

Be tall, be skinny, hairless, flexible. The messages on how our body should look and feel come from all directions these days. Social media, ads, marketing, films, celebrities, social pressure, ...

Four gorges near the Arodes villages are under review with the hopes of making them more accessible to nature lovers. Officials from the tourism ministry as well as the Pano ...

The Cyprus High Commission and the Cyprus Centre at the University of Westminster are holding a series of online lunchtime symposia themed on Covid-19 and its diverse impact on people ...

The interdisciplinary literature Sardem festival returns this year and invites writers, performers and artists interested in experimenting with words to be part of its 9th edition between September 23 and 26. The ...

In the lead up to the parliamentary elections on May 30, the Cyprus Mail’s weekly environment section has asked the main political parties for their policies on a wide range ...

By Charalampos Theopemptou When politicians in Cyprus talk about energy policy they usually refer to gas and only gas. Focusing just on gas is by no means an energy policy. ...

New artwork by Efi Spyrou will be installed at the AG Leventis Gallery façade on May 16, the International Day of Light and International Museum Day. Titled Black Gold Flakes, ...

In the centre of New York City’s spring greenery, artist Maya Lin has installed the barren, brown trunks of 49 dead Atlantic White Cedar trees in a Manhattan park as ...