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The 'world's most useless' volcano: Turned into a cooking stove for locals.
Monte Busca is considered to have completely lost its 'volcanic pride'.
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Oceanography
Italy declares war on invasive green crabs by eating them
The voracious blue crabs are threatening Italy's fishing industry, forcing the government to allocate $3.2 million from emergency funds to find ways to deal with them an…
Environment
Supervolcano awakening could cause global chaos
A massive supervolcano in Italy is at risk of erupting again. Scientists are scrambling to find out whether recent signs are a sign of an imminent catastrophic event.
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Why do Italy and Switzerland have to redraw the border?
Part of the border between Italy and Switzerland is to be redrawn as the glaciers that mark the border between the two countries melt.
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Small fishing village in Italy is known as the 'hidden of the rich': What's so attractive?
There's a reason this seaside village easily opens the wallets of the rich.
History
Cemetery in Italy with haunted art architecture, attracting tourists around the world because it is so impressive
Although it is a resting place, Staglieno Cemetery represents more than death.
Biology
Italy destroys wild boars invading Rome
The Italian government is planning to eradicate the wild boar population raging in Rome after detecting an individual with African swine fever.
History
Unexplored 2,500-year-old sacred lake discovered in Italy
A sacred lake used by the ancient Phoenicians for religious purposes and to track the movements of the stars has been discovered in the old Italian island city of Motya.
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Discover a place that preserves a rare beauty from the Renaissance in Italy
Urbino is a rare city in Italy that retains its ancient charm, not much has changed since the Renaissance.
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Close-up of the bizarre anthropomorphic village in Italy
The 32-year-old man used a drone to record an entire humanoid town in Italy.
Archeology
A herd of fossil dinosaurs was discovered for the first time in Italy
For the first time in Italy, fossils of 11 dinosaurs have been unearthed, including the largest and most complete dinosaur skeleton ever found in the 'boot-shaped countr…
Environment
Plastic straws replaced with pasta in Italy
Some restaurants in Italy come up with creative ideas, when replacing plastic straws with pasta to protect the environment.
Archeology
The skeleton of a mistress holding 1,600 years is a man
Test results of tooth enamel protein indicate that two sets of ancient remains known as Modena Mistress are actually male.
Archeology
Discovering extremely rare footprints of ancient people 14,000 years ago
After a long period of research, archaeologists finally determined that the vestiges in a cave in Italy are human.