The Canary Islands is a Spanish archipelago off the coast of northwestern Africa. The group comprises the islands of Tenerife; Lanzarote; Gran Canaria; Fuerteventura; La Palma; La Gomera; El Hierro and La Graciosa. The Canary Islands Government has reached an agreement with AXA Spain on a travel assistance policy for all tourists to the Islands in ...

The annual Bird Photographer of the Year Competition organised by conservation charity Birds on the Brink saw photographers from around the world submit artistic images of birds, which were judged by an expert panel The winning entry, End of the Day, was an impressionistic image of a European Shag taken at Vardø in Norway by Majed AlZa'abi from Kuw...

Virgin Galactic has unveiled the cabin interior of VSS Unity - its first SpaceShipTwo vehicle, which has been designed in collaboration with Seymourpowell. Virgin Galactic will be a commercial spacecraft providing suborbital spaceflights to space tourists and suborbital launches for space science missions. SpaceShipTwo is air launched from beneath ...

The Resort at Paws Up, Blackfoot Valley, Montana Travellers get the chance 'live life like a cowboy' on the plains of Montana. Guests can book one of the timber cabins on this 37,000 acre estate and working cattle ranch or asecluded tent perched on a cliff edge, overlooking the swirling Blackfoot River (ten miles of which flows through the property...

The Seaside Collection has set the reopening dates for its four Canary Islands hotel properties with already strict security and hygiene protocols fine-tuned to welcome guests back. Seaside Palm Beach***** Gran Canaria The first Design Hotels member on Gran Canaria, the Seaside Palm Beach offers 'retro 70s chic for couples and families', amid a pal...

Scientists have reported seeing an unprecedented 55 blue whales off the UK sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, during a recent 23-day survey. South Georgia is a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote collection of islands, consisting of South Georgia itself and a chain of smaller islands known as the South Sand...