What venomous species are there in Spain?

Spain isn't famed for having dangerous animals but there are a handful of venomous species that can cause harm. Here are the creatures you should be aware of while spending time in Spain and where they are most prevalent.

Ticks are proliferating in Spain: How to avoid them and protect yourself

LISTED: The 14 sun creams Spain wants to take off the market

‘Eat less meat’: Minister calls on Spaniards to cut down on carnivorous habits

How to find an English-speaking therapist in Spain

Pandemic forces Spain’s hospitals to cancel 570,000 surgeries

12 very good reasons to be happy you live in Spain

Eat like a Spaniard: Ten tips to kick-start your Mediterranean diet

BREXIT: How Britons can access Spain’s public healthcare if they’re not pensioners or working

Mental health: what are the warning signs international residents should look out for?

‘Possible link’ between AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clots, EMA concludes

In Europe questions linger over possible AstraZeneca jab side-effects

EU toughens rules for vaccine exports to avoid shortfalls

Covid-19 third wave: Which countries in Europe have the tightest restrictions?

IN PICTURES: Protests spread across Europe as coronavirus surges create new lockdowns

EU vaccine passports must prevent ‘discrimination’: European Commission

EU states seek summit on unfair vaccine handouts as AstraZeneca announce more delays

Spain has vaccinated ‘almost all’ care home residents against Covid

Spain’s ‘2,000-tumour man’ sentenced for scamming donors

Spain receives first AstraZeneca vaccines but it won’t be used on over 55s

Spain detects first case of Brazil coronavirus variant

Which countries in Europe would be on the EU’s list of ‘dark red zones’ for Covid-19?

Spain’s Health Minister quits in order to run for regional Catalan elections

No European deaths directly tied to Covid-19 vaccine, say scientists

Europeans urged not to travel as EU Commission proposes ‘dark red zones’ for Covid hot spots

Spain calls on army convoys to send out Covid-19 vaccine and food supplies

All travellers to UK to soon need negative Covid-19 test

Brexit: What changes for Brits in Spain from January 1st?

Why you shouldn’t suck prawn heads during Christmas feast in Spain

WHO warns Europe of Covid-19 ‘resurgence’ and urges families to wear face masks at Christmas

Madrid opens huge new ‘pandemic’ hospital amid protests over lack of staff

Are Spain’s restrictions winning the battle to flatten Covid-19 second wave?

Spain cuts tax on face masks to make them more affordable during pandemic

Covid-19 cases ‘explode’ in Europe: Which countries are under lockdown or curfew?

Death toll from West Nile outbreak in Spain climbs to four

Arrivals to Switzerland from Spanish islands and Belgium must quarantine from Thursday

Cases of West Nile fever confirmed in Andalusia

Arrivals to Switzerland from Spain must quarantine as of Saturday

VIDEO: Mask refusers arrested after assaulting passengers on flight to Ibiza

Ibiza locals describe bittersweet feelings as tourist numbers plummet

Spain considers extending furlough scheme until year’s end

How the UK’s new quarantine rules are impacting travel to Spain

Spain honours 28,000 coronavirus victims as new outbreaks continue

Catalonia places 200,000 people under coronavirus lockdown

Spain counts 17 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

Spain revises coronavirus death toll up as it prepares to welcome back tourists

Spain’s La Liga to hold minute silence for coronavirus victims

Spanish town tests residents for coronavirus against government advice

Why Spanish health workers are staging protests outside hospitals

Coronavirus: Is Spain’s La Liga returning too soon?

Coronavirus: Spain announces €3-billion universal basic income scheme

Coronavirus: Spanish football league to resume on June 8th

Coronavirus: Protests and political tension grip lockdown Spain

Museums, hotels and bars to reopen in Madrid, Barcelona

In the absence of tourists, Spaniards reclaim their cities

Spain’s PM to seek one-month extension of state of emergency

PM urges caution as Spain eases coronavirus lockdown

Spain: Sex workers left to fend for themselves under coronavirus lockdown

Madrid and Barcelona not entering next phase of coronavirus lockdown relaxations

Hope in Spain as daily coronavirus death toll lowest for a month

‘It’s sad but we keep in touch’: How foreigners experience the coronavirus in Spain

‘We’ve flattened the curve’: Spain sees sharp drop in daily coronavirus death toll

Spain’s Covid-19 death toll rises by 619 as 4 million Spaniards prepare to return to work

Spain’s daily coronavirus death toll continues to fall

Coronavirus death casts dark shadow over Spanish town

Spain extends lockdown as coronavirus deaths drop for a second day

‘Worst moment of my life’ says Spanish 29-year-old coronavirus survivor

Spain records highest one-day coronavirus death toll with 838 new fatalities

Spain counts 832 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

Italy and Spain suffer record deaths as coronavirus infection rate surges

Six reasons why international health insurance could give you peace of mind – now and in the future

LATEST: Spain records new one-day record for coronavirus fatalities with 769 more deaths in 24 hours

Brutal choices, loneliness, death: This is life on the frontline for Spain’s medics

Stone-throwing gang target ambulances carrying elderly in southern Spain

Spain’s lockdown will be extended as PM predicts ‘worst still to come’

Madrid turns conference centre into ‘Europe’s biggest’ field hospital

Spain reports 30 percent increase in coronavirus deaths in one day

Madrid converts hotels into hospitals to treat coronavirus patients

Madrid launches coronavirus diagnosis app to relieve call centre

Spain’s coronavirus death toll passes 1,300 with almost 25,000 confirmed cases

€200 billion bailout: Spain’s pledge to buffer economy (and freeze mortgages) during coronavirus crisis

LATEST: Spain’s coronavirus death toll surpasses 1,000

Spain imposes near total lockdown to fight coronavirus

‘Stay at home’: How to self-isolate in Spain and what to do if you have symptoms

Coronavirus lockdown: First four towns quarantined in Spain

Coronavirus in Spain: Real Madrid quarantined and La Liga fixtures suspended

LATEST: Madrid residents urged to ‘stay at home’ as Spain’s coronavirus death toll leaps to 84

Is Spain doing enough to control coronavirus spread?

Can Spain’s hospitals cope with coronavirus?

Coronavirus: How closing schools could increase threat to Spain’s elderly

Spain ‘suspends lower house of parliament’ after far-right MP tests positive for coronavirus

Fans banned from Barça v Napoli Champions League tie over coronavirus fears in Spain

Spanish PM to unveil ‘shock’ coronavirus emergency plan as death toll jumps to 30

More than 500 cases confirmed in Spain as death toll reaches ten

Spain imposes ban on fans at sports fixture over coronavirus fears

The Spanish vocab you need to understand the coronavirus crisis

Coronavirus: What are the rules in Spain for self-isolation and working from home in Spain?

Coronavirus in Spain: What’s the latest and what do you need to know?

Coronavirus: Quarantine at Tenerife hotel partially lifted but Jet2 guests still stranded

Coronavirus: The everyday precautions to take if you’re in Spain

Coronavirus: Is it still safe to go on holiday to Tenerife?

What we know so far about coronavirus in Spain

Woman in Barcelona tests positive to coronavirus, the first confirmed case on mainland Spain

Police at the door and staff in masks: Welcome to life under lockdown at Tenerife’s ‘coronavirus hotel’

Tenerife hotel remains on lockdown after four Italian guests test positive to coronavirus

Spain cancels World Mobile Congress amid coronavirus fears

What you need to know about Spain’s proposed euthanasia laws

From Singapore via the French Alps to Spain: How the coronavirus reached the island of Mallorca

Coronavirus: Is it still safe to attend Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress?

British father in Mallorca becomes Spain’s second confirmed coronavirus case

Why do people from this Spanish region live longer than all other Europeans?

Coronavirus: Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress takes a hit as tech giant pulls out

Coronavirus: What we know about Spain’s first case

Is coronavirus paranoia fuelling racism against the Chinese in Spain?

How concerned should you be about the coronavirus in Spain?

Cruise ship on lockdown over feared coronavirus cases after stops in Barcelona and Mallorca

Wuhan football team land in Spain despite coronavirus fears

The miracle of Audrey – The English teacher brought back from the dead in Spain

These are the ‘best’ (and ‘worst’) hospitals in Spain

Why cancer patients in Spain are changing address to stay alive

Coughs, colds and flu: What to say and do if you fall sick in Spain

Your step-by-step guide to getting the best expat health insurance plan

Spain urges measles jab for middle-aged amid fears over ‘anti-vaxxers’

Spanish scientists make breakthrough identifying HIV resistance gene

17 babies in Spain develop ‘werewolf syndrome’ after drugs mix-up

Two dead and 186 confirmed cases: What you need to know about the listeria outbreak sweeping across Spain

Seville woman becomes first victim in listeria outbreak blamed on meatloaf

Spain in grips of new viral challenge that puts the POO into pool

EXPLAINED: Why Spain has the lowest death rate in the EU

Gazpacho: How this traditional Spanish tomato dish could help fight cancer

Have Your Say: What are the best and worst things about healthcare in Spain?

Spain embroiled in end-of-life care row over fate of gravely ill woman

How UK insurance companies are selling already free health cover to elderly Brits in Spain

Why Spanish doctors are staging walkouts in the grip of a pandemic

Spain launches safe sex campaign as STD rates soar among millennials

Five ways expats can benefit from international health insurance

Madrid metro on trial over asbestos-linked worker death

Doctor convicted of euthanasia plays himself on Madrid stage

Spain halts electric shock experiment on violent inmates to curb aggression

What is it that makes living in Spain so healthy?

Will Britons resident in Spain still get healthcare after Brexit?

Answer this: How has living in Spain improved your health?

Spain is officially the world’s healthiest country

Barcelona to launch Spain’s first public (and cheap) dentistry service

4 in 5 Spanish men will be overweight by 2030: WHO

Q&A: Can I get the flu vaccine at a pharmacy in Spain?

Spain bans painkiller for tourists after death of ten Brits

Spain restores free healthcare for illegal migrants

70,000 doctors to retire in the next decade in ageing Spain

Spain takes tentative first step to legalising euthanasia

Dodgy mussels blamed for norovirus outbreak in Spain

What’s up doc? How Donkey therapy is easing Spain medics’ stress

Ex-players tackle dementia in football-mad Spain

How the Spanish flu wasn’t actually Spain’s fault at all

World’s oldest man dies aged 113 in Spanish village where he lived his whole life

Morgue staff hear snoring from body bag and make an amazing discovery

World’s oldest man celebrates 113th birthday in Extremadura

Spanish study reveals half of middle-aged people have hardened arteries

Healthcare in Spain: What you need to know

Spain reports case of ‘mad cow disease’

Works begin to clean Spain’s ‘killer lake’

Meet Blat: The Barcelona dog that can detect lung cancer from sniffing a person’s breath

Spain’s healthcare ranks among top ten in world

Which international health plan best suits you?

7 reasons you should have international health insurance

Five things to consider before you retire abroad

Woman dies after abortion at clinic in northern Spain

Brain tumour caused Spanish woman to have ‘visions of Virgin Mary’

Spanish team develop biosensor to detect HIV within a week of infection

Spanish kids given 3.5 times more antibiotics than European peers: study

Spain proposes fines for parents of underage drinkers

Madrid bakery closed after rats caught nibbling sandwiches

5 reasons UK expats should get healthcare help from home

‘Congo fever’ outbreak feared as Spaniard dies from tick bite

Family warns of painkiller risk after Irishman dies on holiday

Expat checklist: five simple steps to help you settle in

Court makes pregnant woman induce labour against her will

Smoking near kids is ‘form of abuse’: Spanish experts

Spanish scientists create human sperm from skin cells

Retiring abroad: ensuring your health is covered

Education abroad: How to find an international school

Becoming an expat: where to start

Why expats choose international health insurance

Two runners collapse and die during Castellón marathon

Highway patrol: Police deliver baby on Spanish roadside

Top uni scraps homeopathy – because it’s nonsense

Global leader Spain carries out its 100,000th transplant

Two pregnant women in Spain now infected with Zika virus

One dead and dozens ill after falling foul of dodgy tortilla

Zika virus: Experts warn Spain to expect 200 cases this year

Spain urges calm amid fears over head-shrinking Zika virus

Spain: Baby contracts scurvy after vegan almond milk diet

Spain’s military help track and trace those exposed to the coronavirus

Spanish musician plays saxophone as surgeons remove brain tumour

How to figure out healthcare abroad

Want to know the secret to long life? Live in Spain

‘Hills and sunshine make Madrid a year-round paradise for runners’

First baby in Europe with Zika defects born in Spain

Tanorexia: when getting a suntan becomes a dangerous addiction

Singer serenades 380 embryos in world first

Healthy diet? A quarter of Spaniards are obese

Spain records first case of diphtheria for 30 years

Spaniards are not as healthy as they think

Healthcare: 9 questions expats should ask

Is NHS depriving Spain of its own nursing staff?

Most Spanish people will be overweight by 2030

British expats fall victim to NHS clampdown

From farm to plate – how safe is your food?

Birthing doulas accused of ‘cannibalistic cult’

Siestas are good for you, research shows

Woman on Madrid plane had 1.7kg coke in breasts

‘Spain’s repratriated nun clear of Ebola’: doctors

Spanish doctors call for ‘bad’ patients to be fined

Spain’s virus cases soar by over 12,000 as deaths remain low

West Nile virus: What you need to know about Spain’s other ‘deadly’ virus

Madrid races to finish new pandemic hospital in time for second wave

Spain’s UK expats to lose free NHS health care

Cuts to medical spending hurting Spaniards: OECD

‘Being sick abroad can be daunting and confusing’

Record waiting periods hit Spanish patients

‘Go private!’: Protesters to injured politician

Madrid shuns private healthcare takeover

Financial crisis cripples Spain’s top med research

New health law death shakes up Majorca

Malaga health tourism bid to boost Brand Spain

Doctor forgets bandages inside patient’s stomach

Fecal matter found in hospital spaghetti

Andalusia to give school kids three meals a day

Expats jump on Spain’s organ donor bandwagon

Spain packs on kilos in obesity epidemic

What do people in Spain die of?

Spanish doctors: ‘Your health is being sold’

Which countries in Europe have done the best job in handling the virus crisis?

In charts: How coronavirus mortality rates compared around Europe

‘Nip the virus in the bud’: How Germany showed Europe the way on coronavirus testing

How Switzerland avoided a coronavirus ‘catastrophe’ by protecting cross-border workers

Where can you travel in Europe? EU launches new website to help tourists

WHO interview: ‘If our behaviour returns to normal Europe risks new waves of Covid-19’

How is each European country emerging from coronavirus lockdown?

France and Spain move toward reopening as global coronavirus cases pass four million

Coronavirus across Europe: How the pandemic has affected those living abroad

What needs to happen before European countries lift coronavirus restrictions?

Coronavirus across Europe: An inside view as countries plot a path back to normal life

Coronavirus across Europe: An inside view as Europeans search for signs of hope

EU imposes entry ban for 30 days in bid to slow coronavirus pandemic

No, coronavirus isn’t the same as the flu

Coronavirus: What you need to know about Trump’s Europe travel ban

What’s the reality of expat life in Europe today?

Five mindfulness practices for expats

Seven golden rules for moving abroad with children

Five ways to maintain the bond with friends and family ‘back home’