HOW many litres of water does it take to feed one banana plant? The answer is about 23. That’s a great fact — although I’m a ...

The Guanche mummy went on display at Madrid’s National Archaeological Museum (MAN) in 2015. It is the preserved remains of a 35-40-year-old person who it is believed lived between the 12th and ...

The Guanches were the first known inhabitants of the Canary Islands, but their true origins have baffled archaeologists. Their mummification rituals saw them linked to the Ancient Egyptians ...

A 2017 genome-wide data project confirmed the Guanches were the original inhabitants of the Canary Islands and likely originated in North Africa. Historians believe the civilization was both ...

Known as the ‘Guanche Mummy’, the relic is an example of a person indigenous to Tenerife (and later, other Canary Islands). It was first discovered in 1764. It was found in the Barranco de ...

Spain on Wednesday adopted a measure to redistribute thousands of unaccompanied migrant minors currently sheltered on the ...

Cavendish bananas are under threat from a fungus that has wiped out other varieties. The island of Tenerife may have the ...

A notable increase in the number of Canary Island residents born outside of Spain has been revealed in new data released by the archipelago. Three municipalities in Tenerife now have more foreign ...

Areas of Tenerife have been left covered in snow as a weather system moves across the Canary Islands. The government has issued a ‘state of pre-alert’ in the first stage of its emergency plan ...

The Canary Islands' general directorate of emergencies has issued a pre-alert status for strong winds across all the islands. The warning is to be enforced from Wednesday, March 19 at 8am GMT (9am ...