Locals can argue endlessly over which Canary Island has the best beaches ... a rugged uninhabited islet home to rare birds ...

and plants, the distribution of animal and bird life in the Canary Islands, and some problems which they suggest. The author gives numerous examples of the influence of complete isolation on the ...

accompanied only by the lapping of the waves against the shore and the sounds of birds such as Scopoli’s shearwater overhead. Despite being the smallest of the Canary Islands at just under ...