by estivito3038@gmail.com | Oct 12, 2020 | Flora and Fauna
A number of restoration projects were discussed last year as a result of workshop of experts organised by the Ministry of Ecological Transition, Fight against Climate Change and Territorial Planning of the Government of the Canary Islands. The idea was to highlight...
by estivito3038@gmail.com | Nov 20, 2019 | Uncategorized, Wildlife
A team of researchers from the University of Barcelona and the Institute for Biodiversity Research have discovered that Bulwer’s petrel, a small threatened seabird, travels over 1,800 kilometers from the Canary Islands to the Azores to get food.The work carried...
by estivito3038@gmail.com | Aug 30, 2019 | Wildlife
A sad story of a poor dolphin which was rescued last Thursday off the coast of Lanzarote in Caleta de Caballo. The animal was rescued and transferred to the Costa Teguise aquarium, but was eventually sacrificed due to its poor condition. It was bathers who alerted the...
by Lanzarote Villa Choice | May 20, 2019 | Wildlife
Rancho Texas Lanzarote Park joins the European Association of Aquatic Mammals committed to recover the most threatened marine mammal in Europe, the monk seal which inhabited the Island of Lobos many years ago and is the reason the island has its name. This the marine...
by Lanzarote Villa Choice | Apr 18, 2019 | Wildlife
The abundance of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in Canary waters between March and May is usually accompanied by one of its natural predators….whales!!!!. This time of year its nor unusual to find these whales off the coast of the Canary islands. ...