Another Life: The fox as he dwells among us
Michael Viney: A predator denning in parks, gardens and wasteland gets mixed responses
Monitoring the otter, Ireland’s elusive, enigmatic river-dweller
Mammologists at University College Cork are leading an extensive study of the urban otter
What the bramble lacks in hectarage, it makes up for in variety
Intriguing ecological answer emerges for the origin and manuring of new and dense thickets
Eye on Nature: Your notes and queries for Ethna Viney
Irish damselfly, mourning cloak butterfly, six-spot burnet and white-toothed shrews
‘Oh boy it feels good!’: Vaccination opens way for clearing badgers of cattle TB
Another Life: Michael Viney on a chance for Ireland to catch up with other countries
Another Life: All creatures great and small, furry or blubbery
From dormouse to whale, Ireland’s small but unique mammal community is doing well
A furry good history of the wild Irish rabbit
Author Michael Conry puts pre-myxo rabbit numbers at 40m, with half killed annually
Another Life: The aliens among us – accommodate or eradicate?
The unprecedented spread of misplaced plants and animals, transported through global human activity, feeds growing argument among the world’s ecologists
Another Life: Upheavals in the furry underworld
Major changes have been set in train by an invasive little vole and an alien shrew, with consequences for the barn owl
Another Life: Consensus on Irish flora and fauna no longer changing at glacial pace
DNA evidence indicated array of animals now recognised as distinctly Irish
Another Life: climate change bound to affect our bats
Mediterranean pipistrelles are moving north and there are signs of change to the number of species in Ireland
Another Life: Our stoats are a rare link to an ancient ecosystem
The animals have been around so long in Ireland that you’d think there’s nothing left to know about them – but so many questions remain unanswered
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