https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed High among the treetops, the sound of a chainsaw rings out and a huge branch comes crashing down as Madrid's forestry engineers move from tree to tree, repairing the damage from the record snowfall seen in January. https://www.thelocal.es/20210318/why-thousands-of-trees-in-spains-capital-are-at-risk-of-dying Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:24:30 +0100 why-thousands-of-trees-in-spains-capital-are-at-risk-of-dying Loggerhead sea turtles hatched on Barcelona’s Mar Bella beach over the weekend from what is being hailed by conservationists as the first ever recorded nesting site on one of Barcelona’s city beaches. https://www.thelocal.es/20200831/loggerhead-turtles-hatch-on-barcelona-beach-for-the-first-time Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:47:21 +0200 loggerhead-turtles-hatch-on-barcelona-beach-for-the-first-time UPDATED; Police in Catalonia are investigating the discovery of several hundred dead starlings on a busy road in northeastern Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20200219/mystery-shrouds-death-of-hundreds-of-birds Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:14:14 +0100 mystery-shrouds-death-of-hundreds-of-birds Hundreds of Spanish livestock farmers staged a protest Thursday in the Pyrenees town of Ainsa against the re-introduction of brown bears to the mountain region saying the predators are a menace to their flocks. https://www.thelocal.es/20190823/hundreds-of-pyrenees-livestock-farmers-protest-predator-bears Fri, 23 Aug 2019 10:22:16 +0200 hundreds-of-pyrenees-livestock-farmers-protest-predator-bears Experts in Spain have warned of the dangers of swimming in the “idyllic” turquoise waters of a Galician lake that has become a hit with instagramers. https://www.thelocal.es/20190716/toxic-warning-issued-at-spains-most-instagramable-turquoise-lake Tue, 16 Jul 2019 18:39:30 +0200 toxic-warning-issued-at-spains-most-instagramable-turquoise-lake The first brown bear sighting in Portugal in more than a century was confirmed by wildlife experts on Thursday, after reports of an animal in the northeast of the country. https://www.thelocal.es/20190509/spanish-brown-bear-wanders-across-border-into-portugal-the-first-in-over-a-century Thu, 09 May 2019 19:22:40 +0200 spanish-brown-bear-wanders-across-border-into-portugal-the-first-in-over-a-century A great white shark was spotted in waters off Spain's Balearic Islands this week in what is the first such sighting by scientists in at least 30 years, a marine conservation group said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180701/great-white-spotted-off-spain-in-decades-first-marine-group Sun, 01 Jul 2018 04:52:30 +0200 great-white-spotted-off-spain-in-decades-first-marine-group The occupants of a car who chased down two frightened bears in the mountains of Cantabria, northern Spain, have been criticized for animal abuse. https://www.thelocal.es/20171130/late-night-bear-encounter-in-northern-spain-sparks-anger Thu, 30 Nov 2017 13:15:45 +0100 late-night-bear-encounter-in-northern-spain-sparks-anger Cantábrico, a new feature-length nature documentary, is released in cinemas across Spain on Friday and it promises to show you Spain as you have never seen it before. https://www.thelocal.es/20170327/spains-beautiful-mountain-wilderness-hits-the-silver-screen Mon, 27 Mar 2017 18:25:00 +0200 spains-beautiful-mountain-wilderness-hits-the-silver-screen The first ever seahorse living around the Cíes Islands off the coast of Galicia has just been discovered. Now the little fellow needs a name. https://www.thelocal.es/20160211/spain-discovered-sea-horse-nature Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:13:43 +0100 spain-discovered-sea-horse-nature A wildfire that ignited on Sunday has burned through more than 2,000 hectares of forest in region of Galicia, becoming what could be the biggest fire in the area this year. https://www.thelocal.es/20150831/galician-wildfire-burns-ignites-2000-hectares-of-forest Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:08:29 +0200 galician-wildfire-burns-ignites-2000-hectares-of-forest Europe’s first carnival of the year, La Vijanera, kicked off in Spain on the first Sunday of January as thousands of people gathered in the Cantabrian town of Silió to bid farewell to winter. https://www.thelocal.es/20150105/in-pics-spains-wacky-la-vijanera-carnival Mon, 05 Jan 2015 13:10:00 +0100 in-pics-spains-wacky-la-vijanera-carnival An analysis of the nectar and pollen collected by two colonies of 40,000 honey bees has been enough for a gold company to determine that their mine in northern Spain is safe to re-open. https://www.thelocal.es/20130823/metal-detector-bees-give-gold-mine-green-light Fri, 23 Aug 2013 18:13:00 +0200 metal-detector-bees-give-gold-mine-green-light Ecologists have urged government action to tackle the 'alarming' crisis of 'biodiversity destruction' in Spain as data reveals that the country is the most vulnerable in Europe. https://www.thelocal.es/20130521/most-fragile-spain-tops-endangered-species-list Tue, 21 May 2013 12:31:00 +0200 most-fragile-spain-tops-endangered-species-list