Tag: Italy

  • Italy Has Unleashed 130,000 Baby Octopuses Against an Invasive Crab Army

    Italy Has Unleashed 130,000 Baby Octopuses Against an Invasive Crab Army

    Italy has tried paying fishermen to catch millions of invasive blue crabs, but the invasion has continued to overwhelm parts of the Adriatic coast. Now scientists are taking a far stranger approach: releasing an army of tiny octopuses into the sea and hoping one of nature’s own predators can help restore the balance. Around 130,000…

  • A Roman Villa Was Buried Beneath an Italian Vineyard for 1,800 Years

    A Roman Villa Was Buried Beneath an Italian Vineyard for 1,800 Years

    For generations, archaeologists knew a remarkable Roman villa was somewhere beneath a vineyard in northern Italy. They had found its mosaic floors before, photographed them, studied them, and then watched the site disappear beneath the soil. Every attempt to locate the villa again had ended with more questions than answers. Then an archaeologist tried something…