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 Scientists have long known that some beaked whales beach themselves and die in agony after exposure to naval sonar, and now they know why: the giant sea mammals suffer decompression sickness, just like scuba divers. https://www.thelocal.es/20190130/spanish-scientists-discover-sonar-may-provoke-suicide-in-whales Wed, 30 Jan 2019 10:00:03 +0100 spanish-scientists-discover-sonar-may-provoke-suicide-in-whales Regional authorities in Murcia have launched a campaign to rid the Spanish coast of plastic waste after it emerged a sperm whale found dead on the beach had died from plastic poisoning. https://www.thelocal.es/20180409/clean-seas-campaign-launched-on-spanish-coast-after-sperm-whale-beached-full-of-plastic Mon, 09 Apr 2018 15:12:19 +0200 clean-seas-campaign-launched-on-spanish-coast-after-sperm-whale-beached-full-of-plastic Extraordinary footage of fin whales feeding at the surface have been captured for the first time by conservationist using a drone camera off the Catalan coast. https://www.thelocal.es/20180406/video-drone-captures-incredible-footage-of-whales-off-barcelona-coast Fri, 06 Apr 2018 14:51:24 +0200 video-drone-captures-incredible-footage-of-whales-off-barcelona-coast Alfred Milà went missing on Tuesday while kayaking off the coast of the Balearic island of Ibiza. https://www.thelocal.es/20160108/owner-of-spains-biggest-kayak-company-goes-missing-while-kayaking-in-med Fri, 08 Jan 2016 17:15:26 +0100 owner-of-spains-biggest-kayak-company-goes-missing-while-kayaking-in-med A young Spaniard risked his life to free a whale that had become caught in an illegal fishing net off the island of Fuerteventura. https://www.thelocal.es/20160107/free-willy-spaniard-in-amazing-whale-rescue-in-canary-islands Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:04:02 +0100 free-willy-spaniard-in-amazing-whale-rescue-in-canary-islands Spain’s Environment Ministry is planning a special route through the Mediterranean that will protect whales and dolphins from the dangers of oil drilling. https://www.thelocal.es/20160104/spain-plans-whale-highway-to-help-animals-safely-migrate Mon, 04 Jan 2016 11:36:32 +0100 spain-plans-whale-highway-to-help-animals-safely-migrate UPDATED: A young whale that appeared off the beach in Barcelona had to be put down by vets on Friday after becoming so weak because it had lost its mother. https://www.thelocal.es/20151112/whale-calf-spotted-off-barcelona-beach Thu, 12 Nov 2015 11:20:53 +0100 whale-calf-spotted-off-barcelona-beach