The Tramontana Mountain Range has added a new specimen of black vulture (Aegypius monachus) in recent days. The chick was born on April 18th in a nest that is part of the Fundació Vida Silvestre's monitoring system, a fact that allows for live observation of the entire breeding process and detailed knowledge of the evolution of this emblematic species.

As a child, Antoni Escandell wanted to be Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente and work with him. A dream that the tragic plane crash suffered by the Burgos-born broadcaster in Alaska in 1980 thwarted, but which only served as the impetus that confirmed the true vocation of the Menorcan naturalist and filmmaker. "My parents and family have always said that by the age of three I already had a keen interest in wildlife, birds, and biodiversity," explains Escandell, who at 63 is still motivated to promote audiovisual and educational projects about nature. The latest, launched at the turn of the year, is called faunix.tv, a free platform where he shares much of his knowledge and material recorded over decades. From the 65 episodes of the wild Balearic Islands from IB3 in the documentaries broadcast by TV3, the Castaways of Evolution about the endemic lizard of Aire Island, doubly awarded in the United States and the Life in cold bloodFilmed in collaboration with Richard Attenborough for the BBC, among others.

Faunix.tv, the platform for discovering fauna and flora created by Toni Escandell, is now live. It's an online channel where you can discover all kinds of documentaries, content for students and courses, and much more.

Lepidoptera, which include both butterflies and beehive insects, are one of the most diverse and abundant groups of insects in the world. In the Balearic Islands, as elsewhere, they play a fundamental role in maintaining ecosystems: they are pollinators of numerous wild and cultivated plants, constitute an essential food source for birds, bats, and other animals, and act as sensitive indicators of the conservation status of habitats.