Selection of news about fauna, conservation and environment. Each news links to the original source.
CITES CoP20, held in Samarkand, has approved including the manta ray, whale shark and oceanic whitetip shark in Appendix I, blocking their international trade for commercial purposes.
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A resident of Agüimes (Gran Canaria) has accepted two years in prison for keeping dozens of exotic and potentially dangerous animals in his home without a license and for trading in protected species.
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Visitors to Bioparc Fuengirola witnessed the birth of a western lowland gorilla baby, a critically endangered species.
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Aragón announces the arrival of eight Iberian lynxes to the Huerva basin, in a project that expands the species' distribution area towards the Ebro Valley.
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The Spanish Government has put out for public consultation the development of the Positive List of Companion Animals, a tool that will define which species can be legally kept in homes and under what conditions.
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Turtles, migratory birds, fish and amphibians are able to orient themselves thanks to the Earth's magnetic field. Science is beginning to decipher how they achieve this.
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Recent investigations point to a circuit of illegal hunting tourism in Val d'Aran, where some visitors pay large sums to kill chamois outside regulations.
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The Civil Guard has seized 472 protected exotic animals at a center in Burgohondo (Ávila) that presented itself as a refuge, but operated irregularly and under the facade of an NGO.
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The European Nature Restoration Law obliges member states to recover degraded ecosystems. Spain will have to define which forests, rivers, wetlands and seas it wants to prioritize.
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Camera traps have recorded an Iberian lynx in the Pyrenean mountains for the first time, a historic milestone for the natural expansion of the species.
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Scientific and conservation organizations launch a new global strategy to protect coral reefs most resistant to climate change.
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The Wildlife Patrol of the Community of Madrid travels rivers and reservoirs such as the Guadarrama to capture exotic fish released by individuals and give native species a chance.
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The Civil Guard has discovered in Nules a private collection converted into a clandestine zoo with more than 150 exotic animals of 56 different species, some of them endangered.
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Congress has again approved wolf hunting north of the Duero River, a decision that divides ranchers, scientists and conservation organizations.
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A large-scale operation coordinated by INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization has allowed the seizure of nearly 20,000 live animals, many of them threatened, and the arrest of hundreds of suspects involved in wildlife and timber trafficking networks.
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