https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A town in Sardinia is considering selling entry tickets to the famed La Pelosa beach as a way to limit visitor numbers and raise funds. https://www.thelocal.it/20191111/you-might-soon-need-a-ticket-to-visit-one-of-italys-most-beautiful-beaches Mon, 11 Nov 2019 19:07:47 +0100 you-might-soon-need-a-ticket-to-visit-one-of-italys-most-beautiful-beaches Conservationists have successfully created two northern white rhino embryos in a key step towards pulling the species back from the brink of extinction, scientists in Italy said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190911/an-italian-lab-could-hold-the-key-to-saving-the-northern-white-rhino-from-extinction Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:03:13 +0200 an-italian-lab-could-hold-the-key-to-saving-the-northern-white-rhino-from-extinction Sand seized from tourists' suitcases in Sardinia is making its way back to where it belongs: the Italian island's idyllic coastline. https://www.thelocal.it/20190805/italy-sardinia-stolen-sand-returned-to-beaches Mon, 05 Aug 2019 13:12:29 +0200 italy-sardinia-stolen-sand-returned-to-beaches For sale: dunes, lightly used, hundreds of years old, one of a kind. You won't find the Chia dunes advertized anywhere, but they're already attracting buyers. https://www.thelocal.it/20181219/italy-fundraiser-to-buy-sardinia-dunes Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:40:18 +0100 italy-fundraiser-to-buy-sardinia-dunes Two rare sightings of a lynx in the autonomous northern Italian province of Trentino in August and September have cheered nature lovers, who had feared for its survival. https://www.thelocal.it/20181008/rare-lynx-sightings-in-northern-italy-excite-naturalists Mon, 08 Oct 2018 20:00:00 +0200 rare-lynx-sightings-in-northern-italy-excite-naturalists