Biology

'When the last fish dies, we’ll learn that money is not edible. I wish we could have understood that we eat fish, not money. Maybe then we would know the value of the sea.'

Sleep deprivation can have different consequences on different people. I have difficulty concentrating and become surprisingly hyperactive. I found out about another effect last week

Six foreign migrants suffering from hypothermia were being treated at a hospital in Hania on Saturday, with one of them, a young girl, deemed to be in critical condition.

The six patients were rescued after their boat went down 300 miles east of Malta and were flown to Greece, which was the nearest landfall in helicopter range.

Istanbul’s third airport is located along one of the most important migration routes for birds, experts say, warning that its construction poses dangers to both the environment and flights

A 59-year-old man has been arrested and faces charges of animal cruelty and illegal weapon possession in Volos, central Greece, after allegedly killing a dog.

The suspect is said to have shot the dog with a hunting rifle for which he does not have a license.

No explanation was given as to why he killed the animal.

Local officials in central Turkey are making a special effort to protect stork nests located on top of utility poles.

Storks have built nests on at least 80 utility poles in the Kızılırmak neighborhood of the Çankırı province, which is a common migratory route for these birds.

Local officials in central Turkey are making a special effort to protect stork nests located on top of utility poles.

Storks have built nests on at least 80 utility poles in the Kızılırmak neighborhood of the Çankırı province, which is a common migratory route for these birds.

New monkey studies show that one shot of an experimental Ebola vaccine can trigger fast protection, but the effect waned unless the animals got a booster shot made a different way.
     

The fossil of a sea otter has been found in the Central Anatolian province of Çankırı, revealing 8 million years of animal life in the area.

The excavations, headed by Professor Ayla Sevim Erol of the Anthropology Department at Ankara University, have been ongoing in the area for the last 17 years.

The European Union on Friday announced 140 million euros ($183 million) in funds to fight the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa, a sharp increase over its previous aid as the outbreak worsens.
      
The commission said the aid was necessary to boost measures to stop the "worst ever outbreak of the epidemic" from ravaging Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria.