In the 2nd Century, Greek mathematician and astronomer Ptolemy put El Hierro on the map after declaring that the prime meridian was here at Orchilla, the westernmost point of the island that was ...

Now, the locale is putting itself on the map for another reason ... Historically, the geographic conditions of El Hierro, as a remote island, have made it a training ground for self-sufficiency.

Ages, in millions of years, of the volcanic rocks in the Canary Islands. El Hierro is furthest west and youngest. So, should we be surprised by this seismicity at El Hierro: No. Although not ...

At least 2,604 species of flora and fauna have been recorded on the island, 642 of which are endemic to the Canaries and 101 to El Hierro, such as the El Hierro giant lizard (Gallotia simonyi machadoi ...

WE'VE all heard of the classic Canary Islands of Tenerife, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, but El Hierro often flies under the radar. The tiny island off the coast of Africa welcomed just 20,000 ...

Residents of La Restinga on the island of El Hierro were recently evacuated after ... Volcanoes] "This is the first time we're able to map [a volcano] so early," said Juan Acosta, principal ...

Then as seismic activity at El Hierro picked up again, the crust fractured and deformed extensively, and helium-4 became a larger component of the total helium released on the island. A starting point ...

It actually takes quite a lot of fossil fuel power to reach the tiny Spanish island of El Hierro. You have to catch a commercial jet flight, a propeller plane and then a ferry to reach what was ...

Looks like 2012 is trying to start out busy - we got an impressive eruption of Etna the other day and now it seems that El Hierro is showing renewed vigor (see below). New video from INVOLCAN and ...

Upon completion of its next wind farm in June, the island of El Hierro (one of Spain’s Canary Islands off the coast of Africa) will become the first in the world to be fully powered by wind and ...