Local News Story

http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/barcelona/siete-especies-peces-vuelven-besos-tras-anos-ausencia-983384

Seven Species of Fish return to the river Besós after years of being gone.

I found this article most interesting because usually in El Periodico and other newspapers, the articles that are headlined include sports, politics, international development, disasters, or things that affect a wide range of people.  The headline of this article caught my eye because this type of development usually receives little media if any.

Environmental issues are usually looked passed unless they deal with global issues such as pollution or global warming or something of that nature.  However, the fact that the University of Barcelona biology field team discovered recently that seven species of fish have returned to Barcelona is something that is so arbitrary in the realm of things, I was shocked to even see it mentioned.

As an anthropology major, this article intrigued me, but I know that for many, especially those who read the paper, do not care about things like this and instead read the newspaper for other reasons.  I doubt many people stopped to actually read this article, but I still think it is good to see in such a big newspaper.  In local newspapers in the US you can find these types of articles, but not in newspapers like the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, or even the Boston Globe, so to see it in such a reputable paper as El Periodico was a sight for sore eyes.

As far as the article is concerned I think it is a very interesting topic and I know that this is actually a big deal because it means Barcelona is not becoming so miserable environmentally that it is driving away or killing all marine inhabitants.  It says a lot about the city, which I don't think people even realize.  I am very surprised that this has occurred because it is not often that a species leaves its habitat for years and then returns.  Very interesting article.