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Forget climate change – the bees are buzzing off

August 14, 2008 | Environment Nature

If bees became extinct today, mankind would follow suit in 2012. Albert Einstein proclaimed this insect the most important factor in our food chain.

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Agave a day…

July 30, 2008 | Nature

… helps us work, rest and play claims prickly BOB MADDOX, who takes a peek at one of Andalucía’s most iconic plants

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Dangerous shores for Jaws

March 28, 2008 | Environment Nature

It is official. The Mediterranean Sea is now the most dangerous place on Earth to swim – that is, if you are a shark

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An island of cold in a sea of warmth

December 6, 2007 | Nature

Home to mainland Spain’s highest peaks, the Sierra Nevada is a treasure trove of rare plant life and animals

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Eagles poisoned

July 24, 2009

Rare birds found dead

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Who is that crawling up my wall?

November 8, 2007 | Nature

Anyone who has a country property probably knows well the sticky footed lizards known as geckos.


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The dehesas of Extremadura

October 25, 2007 | Nature

The size of Switzerland, the region of Extremadura is home to farmland unique to Spain and endangered animals such as the lynx and imperial eagle of Iberia


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The goats of Spain

October 11, 2007 | Nature

The wild mountain goats frequently found in herds across the mountain ranges of Andalucia are Spanish Ibex


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Worth its weight in gold

September 26, 2007 | Nature

Clive Muir and Sue Eatock investigate the carob tree, whose seeds are valued by jewllers and goldsmiths


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Bare facts on Spain’s bears

September 13, 2007 | Nature

Listed in the Spanish Catalogue of Endangered Species as being in danger of extinction, the Cantabrian brown bear’s existence in Spain is not widely known


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Incey Wincey spider

August 2, 2007 | Nature

Clive Muir and Sue Eatock go peering under rocks and stones to tell us all about the only protected spider in the EU – the Andalucian funnel web


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Beautiful… but beware

July 23, 2007

Clive Muir and Sue Eatock tell us hidden dangers lurk behind the beauty of the plant that lines Spain’s dry riverbeds and motorways – the oleander

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The gentle giants of the wasp world

November 22, 2007

Man’s misunderstanding of the hornet has led to the insect becoming almost extinct in certain parts of Europe

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Something nasty this way comes

July 5, 2007

Jason Heppenstall delves deep under the bedclothes and finds something nasty

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Papaver – the heroic weed

May 16, 2007

Bob Maddox admits to his addiction as the south of Spain bursts into a riot of red and green

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Alien Nation

April 9, 2007

They came by night. They came by day. Silently slipping over borders, stealthily avoiding detection. Some came by boat, others by plane. Only a few people knew about them. Still less cared.

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Danger! Caterpillars crossing

March 16, 2007

If you go down to the woods today you might just be in for a big surprise – especially if you have a dog

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