The species of legume known as 'Tallante's chickpea', which has not been seen for nearly a century, has finally been studied in detail.

Populations of spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca), a species classified as vulnerable and at risk of extinction, can withstand fires if outbreaks occur once every three decades or more.

A research study, in which Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is taking part, has concluded that traditionally irrigated Mediterranean landscape has suffered an important loss of the cultural and ecological patrimony that it holds, especially as a result of the modernization of the traditional watering networks established throughout this countryside.

New research from Spain shows that men who eat healthier diets might also have healthier sperm.

By Elisabeth Rosenthal There are only a handful of flights each day from Spain's two largest cities to San Javier Airport here, a former military airfield now decked out with large smiling plastic sculptures of golf balls and huge soft-focus photos of waving palm trees, reflecting Murcia's recently acquired status as a hot tourist destination.