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The Pulpi Geode, A Giant Cave Of Crystals That Formed As The Mediterranean Sea Disappeared

The Pulpi Geode is a rare find. Located in the southern Spanish region of Andalucia, in the Almeria Province near the city of Pulpi, it is one of the most spectacular caves

12 Dec, 2021 @ 22:39

Environment·Nature

Rescued Loggerhead Turtles Are Taken Back Home To The Sea Off The Costa Blanca In Spain

Rescued loggerhead turtles are taken back home off the Costa Blanca in Spain

TWO rescued loggerhead turtles have been released into the sea some 30 miles off the Costa Blanca shore. The two specimens were found off the coasts of Burriana and Vinaros in Castellon

2 Dec, 2021 @ 18:30

Alicante·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Nature

Panda McPandaface? Madrid Zoo launches competition to name its baby panda twins

IN JUST two months they have transformed from blind hairless pink-skinned creatures to bouncing fluffy bundles of black and white cuteness. And now they need names. Madrid Zoo have opened a competition

5 Nov, 2021 @ 18:55

Madrid·National News·Nature

The 13 birds to look out for in Andalucia and across southern Spain this autumn

These 13 high-flying highlights have got birdwatchers going wild

1 Nov, 2021 @ 08:45

Lead·Nature·Olive Press Travel·What to see

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VIDEO: Watch the release of giant sunfish tangled in tuna fishing nets off Spain’s Ceuta

A gigantic sunfish was caught up in tuna fishing nets off the coast of Ceuta, one of Spain’s enclaves in north Africa. The fish, known as a pez luna in Spanish measured

25 Oct, 2021 @ 18:30

Environment·Lead·Nature

flamingos in doñana Francisco Manuel Esteban /Flickr

Sucked dry: How water theft to irrigate farmland is draining Spain’s precious wetlands and causing irreversible ecological damage

Environmentalists have sounded a harsh warning over illegal water extraction that is threatening to drain Spain’s wetland reserves and cause irreversible ecological damage.

19 Oct, 2021 @ 15:00

Environment·Lead·Murcia·National News·Nature

What you need to know about the wild mushroom hunting craze that grips Spain each autumn

AS the sun sets on summer, mushroom hunters across Spain take up the challenge of tracking down their favourite wild and wonderful edible fungi, found in far flung forested areas across the

17 Oct, 2021 @ 11:45

Food & Drink·Lead·National News·Nature

VIDEO: How wild boars are increasingly terrorizing urban zones in Spain and why archers are coming to the rescue

SHAKIRA’S close encounter with wild boars last week in a Barcelona park has yet again ignited a debate around the growing danger of the hogs across Spain. The 44-year-old musician, who was

6 Oct, 2021 @ 15:00

Environment·Lead·Must Read·National News·Nature·Other News

Super Bowl Liv: Jennifer Lopez And Shakira Perform During The Pepsi Halftime Show

Popstar Shakira attacked by wild boars in Barcelona park

Singer Shakira was attacked by a pair of marauding wild boars who snatched her bag while she was walking with her son in a park in Barcelona on Wednesday. The hairy hogs

30 Sep, 2021 @ 18:42

Barcelona·Celebrity·Lead·Nature

LA PALMA VOLCANO: Animals suffer and change behaviour as eruptions continue

WILDLIFE on the island of La Palma is facing a crisis as its volcano continues to erupt. Manuel Nogales from the The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), who has been studying biodiversity

30 Sep, 2021 @ 13:00

Canary Islands·Lead·Nature

EXPLAINER: These are the protected species whose habitat was destroyed in the Sierra Bermeja wildfire above Spain’s Costa del Sol

ENVIRONMENTALISTS are counting the cost of the damage from a wildfire that raged for six days and destroyed more than 10,000 hectares of woodland before being brought under control. As the flames

15 Sep, 2021 @ 15:00

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Nature

Stop tourist carriage ride in Spain: Help yourself and the horses – and walk!

WHEN I’m in Palma I always feel sorry for the horses pulling the old-fashioned carriages for the lazy tourists to take in the city. What might seem like quite a romantic idea

11 Sep, 2021 @ 12:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Nature·Terenia Taras: Telling it like it is

Pink-skinned baby panda twins are born at Madrid Zoo in Spain

TWIN giant pandas were born at Madrid Zoo today(September 6). Huz Zui Ba gave birth to her first baby at 8.30 am and then at midday. It’s her fifth and sixth cubs.

6 Sep, 2021 @ 16:45

Lead·Madrid·National News·Nature

Bioparc in Spain’s Valencia celebrates birth of highly threatened species of primate

VALENCIA’S Bioparc zoo is well and truly earning its stripes as a prime animal conservation and protection site. Just one week after carers stepped in to hand-rear a newborn gazelle of a

29 Aug, 2021 @ 10:00

Environment·Lead·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

ANIMAL HOUSE: Rescue shelters in Spain’s Valencia area issue plea for help

ANIMAL welfare associations in La Ribera district (Valencia Province) have issued a cry for help, as numbers of stray cats and dogs continue to spiral while volunteers are becoming increasingly thin on

26 Aug, 2021 @ 17:00

Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

IN PICS: Keepers hand-rear orphaned newborn gazelle from critically-endangered species at zoo in Spain’s Valencia

A CALF of an incredibly rare gazelle species is being hand reared by keepers at Valencia’s BioParc in eastern Spain after its mother died while giving birth. The Mhorr gazelle mother died

22 Aug, 2021 @ 15:00

Lead·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

Thousands of dead fish and marine life wash onto beaches of the polluted Mar Menor lagoon in Spain

PROSECUTORS will investigate a new incident of dead fish washing onto Mar Menor beaches yesterday(August 16). In October 2019, swathes of oxygen-starved fish washed onto lagoon beaches. Beaches at Los Nietos, Los

17 Aug, 2021 @ 20:55

Environment·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia·Nature

Big boost in state aid to fight Mar Menor lagoon pollution

Why the Mar Menor in Spain has become Europe’s saddest example of environmental vandalism

THE Mar Menor in Murcia is Europe’s largest saltwater lagoon but also one of the continent’s saddest stories over the ravages of pollution. It’s an area that should be talked about in

7 Aug, 2021 @ 09:15

Environment·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia·Nature

Pioneering sea farm is rescuing damaged rare coral off the coast of Spain's Andalucia

Pioneering sea nursery is reviving damaged rare coral off the coast of Spain’s Andalucia

A pioneering maritime nursery has been created on the Andalucia coast to rescue rare coral damaged by fishing. The SOS Corals Project has been set up in Almuñecar’s Punta de la Monta

3 Aug, 2021 @ 15:36

Environment·Lead·Nature

Sierra de las Nieves: Stunning mountain range in Malaga becomes Spain’s newest national park

AFTER over six years of campaigning, Malaga will finally be getting its first national park. The Senate approved the future Parque Nacional Sierra de las Nieves yesterday, making it Spain’s 16th national park.

24 Jun, 2021 @ 17:00

Environment·Malaga·Nature·Other News

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Bear hunt: Pensioner attacked by brown bear while hiking in Spain’s Asturias

A HUNT was on for a bear which attacked a 75-year-old woman while she was on a walk with her family in the countryside. The pensioner suffered a broken pelvis and cuts to

31 May, 2021 @ 14:45

Asturias·Environment·Lead·Nature

DOWN ON THE FARM: Plans underway to launch first ‘open farms’ day in Spain’s Valencia region to promote sustainable and local production

IF the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it is to appreciate the importance of local commerce – specially when it comes to food. Producers, transporters and sellers of basic foodstuffs put

15 May, 2021 @ 10:00

Alicante·Castellon·Environment·Food & Drink·Lead·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

A recent protest against plastics in the sea

WHAT A MESS: Plastic invades the beaches of Spain’s Valencia region

Other common objects include cigarette ends, construction materials, cotton earbuds, crisp packets and bottles.

10 May, 2021 @ 12:45

Alicante·Castellon·Environment·Nature·Valencia·Valencian Community

Rare vulture killed by prescription vet drug in Spain’s Catalonia as eco groups call for its ban

VULTURE Conservation activists have called on the Spanish government for the banning of a commonly used prescription drug after a rare Cinereous vulture was found poisoned in a breeding area in Catalonia.

9 Apr, 2021 @ 12:00

Lead·Nature

January sees surge of dolphin deaths on Spain’s Costa del Sol beaches

Dolphin stranded at Misericordia beach in Spain’s Malaga dies despite rescue efforts

A BEACHED dolphin has died despite frantic efforts to save it by wildlife experts. The 7ft-long (2.13m) common dolphin had been washed up at Misericordia beach in Malaga, after high tide this

1 Apr, 2021 @ 09:15

Lead·Malaga·Nature