Barely a nautical mile separates L’Estartit from one of the Mediterranean's best-kept secrets: the Medes Islands. This small Catalan archipelago, protected for over 40 years, attracts divers and ...

A pilot study from Michigan Medicine researchers found that the Mediterranean diet may provide symptom relief for people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The work is published in the journal ...

Known more for its beaches than its flora and fauna, one Mediterranean region in Italy has a secret forest that's also the ...

Scientists reveal new details about the 5.3-million-year-old flood, which triggered earthquakes, generated tropical-storm force winds, and created a waterfall 30 times taller than Niagara.

The Mediterranean Sea, however, known for its richness of fossil white coral communities exposed in land outcrops, harbors very few extant coral communities. The HERMES project extended its study ...

The mountain chains of the Central Mediterranean (Pyrenees, Apennines, Alps, Dinarides, Hellenides) are shaped by the complex tectonic processes associated with the relative movements and collision of ...

The Mediterranean diet has stood the test of time for a reason: It works It’s easy to follow, is balanced and flexible, and helps prevent chronic diseases that shorten our lives: “It has ...

Scientists Found Evidence of a Megaflood that Shaped Earth’s Geologic History The flood may have refilled the entire Mediterranean Basin in just two years.

Millions of years ago, the Mediterranean Sea evaporated. It may have then been refilled by the largest flooding event ever experienced on Earth. An international team of researchers has uncovered ...

The Mediterranean diet has once again claimed the top spot in the annual Best Diets rankings from U.S. News & World Report, excelling in 12 of 21 categories.