By Stelios Misinas ALONISSOS, Greece (Reuters) -Off the Greek island of Alonissos in the eastern Aegean Sea, volunteer divers grab decaying plastic bottles, a tyre and a rusted anchor chain from ...

Divers raise alarm over marine pollution off Greece’s Alonissos. Marine park off Alonissos has made both locals and tourists increasingly aware of the risks of marine pollution. By Reuters.

A national marine park protects wildlife and now offers tours of “the Parthenon of shipwrecks” off the island of Alonissos. At Greece’s new underwater museum, scheduled to open officially in ...

Kostis, a Mediterranean monk seal, was a playful creature, beloved by residents of and visitors to the Greek island of Alonissos. He could be spotted from the island’s shores, striking poses for ...

Alonissos is where the first such shipwreck site will be developed - a 5th-century BC merchant ship nicknamed the Peristera, after the uninhabited islet where it was first spotted by a fisherman ...

The wreck of a cargo ship that sank in around 500BC has become Greece’s first underwater museum. Divers pay to look at – but not touch – some 4,000 ancient wine jars.

Greece on Saturday inaugurated its first underwater museum, a trove of 5th century BC amphorae labelled the “Parthenon of shipwrecks”, off the coast of Alonissos island in the western Aegean.

ALONISSOS, Greece, May 27 (Reuters) - Off the Greek island of Alonissos in the eastern Aegean Sea, volunteer divers grab decaying plastic bottles, a tyre and a rusted anchor chain from the seabed ...

Alonissos, GreeceEstablished in the early 1990s, the Alonissos marine park is home to one of the world’s last remaining colonies of monk seals, as well as over 300 fish species, dolphins, and sea ...