Biodiversity

‘We hope to see the National Parks & Wildlife Service resourcing an ambitious native woodland restoration project,’ says Irish Wildlife Trust

It is possible to be upside down and downside up at the same time

Every year of delay locks in greater risk, higher costs and more irreversible damage

I try to nurture a sense of awe in the face of Australia’s alien (to me) natural world. But I miss the wet ferns in the Kerry rain

Letter signed by academics, NGOs and medics alleges breach of public service obligations

Public responded well to Asian hornet alert but tougher regulations and better education needed

Projects aim to show how ‘no net loss’ of biodiversity can become the norm in the built environment

Without a culling programme, it is only a matter of time before the population gets out of hand

New housing developments can provide more benefits to society than the bare minimum of having a roof over your head if done correctly

Decarbonising Ireland and restoring biodiversity is going to take decades. We must be willing to experiment and sometimes fail

The process by which trees co-ordinate their efforts across hundreds of miles on what are known as ‘mast years’ is quite an enigma

Further sightings of Asian hornets in Belfast suggests nest, environment agency says

Advisers want conditions added to planning laws to conserve and enhance biodiversity

Although native to tropical and temperate waters, they are now found occasionally in Irish waters due to temperature changes

I wonder who the last person in Ireland was to hear a wolf howl. Did they realise the magnitude of what they were hearing?

The fishing industry is killing these big ladies before they’re able to do the thing they do best: endlessly reproduce

She modelled the behaviours needed to cope with climate breakdown and ecological crisis

Success stories including the leaf-toed gecko in the Galápagos, the wood white butterfuly in Wales and the corncrake in Ireland give hope

Skerries, Inagh, Dún Laoghaire and Co Westmeath river restoration project also honoured at ceremony in Dublin

European Environment Report - news (analysis piece to follow) Embargoed to Sunday night 11pm

Environmentalist and media personality was inspired by an older girl at school to pursue science, despite it not being an option at second level

Seasonality affects how populations of plants and animals grow, reproduce and survive

Global heating is increasing the rate of new visitors to Ireland generally, and there is every chance they will become established here

Finger of blame for failures pointed at EPA, which licenses dischargers including North Cork Creameries and Munster Joinery

Volunteers to be professionally trained in trapping mink and ‘humane dispatch’

Decolonising entrenched patterns of power and thinking needed as part of response to environmental nightmare

Meanwhile, Northern Ireland’s first peatland strategy launched in ‘turning point’ for peatland conservation

Farming community key to success in recovery of bird threatened with local extinction

Competition found numerous examples of environmental enhancement in urban and rural locations

‘Budget 2026 is key test for Government’s commitment to Ireland’s seas’ and promise to scale-up MPAs

Ireland is regarded as the last stronghold of this species, but locals have found hundreds of dead crayfish in the river Maigue

Much more than a roasting of those who have sought to deny or delay action on climate and the environment

Further sightings of the invasive species confirmed in Cobh, Co Cork, and Inchicore in Dublin

These 14 nominees show concrete evidence of widespread action on climate and sustainability goals

Nest found in Cork city after sighting earlier this month, with beekeepers and officials on high alert

Butterfly sightings are up 83% this year, but that follows a steep decline as the habitats that are vital for Ireland’s insects are deteriorating or simply unavailable

Undersea cameraman Ken O’Sullivan has spent 20 years among the charismatic mammals

‘If you live in a very special place, that should be a good thing and not a bad thing’

Who knows how ragwort will evolve with the benefit of a few years in university? It might lose the latter part of its name, Jacobaea vulgaris, for a start

Public urged to be ‘vigilant’ and report any sightings of the hornet, which endangers native pollinators