The Canary Islands archipelago is a string of seven islands, closer to Morocco than to their mother country Spain. The islands are home to more than 2 million people, and their main trade is tourism.

However, while coral reefs can be compared to rainforests, they are also the canaries of the sea, being very sensitive to small changes in the chemical and physical condition of their environment.

Both popular holiday island Tenerife the Canary’s third-largest island Gran Canaria were hit. Yellow warnings were put in place for much of the Canary Islands on Monday morning and Gran Canaria ...

But not me. In lieu of castles in La Mancha or the weaving streets of Andalusia, I preferred to spend every free moment on the Canary Islands, a volcanic archipelago that's often considered to be ...