Another Life: Consensus on Irish flora and fauna no longer changing at glacial paceDNA evidence indicated array of animals now recognised as distinctly IrishSat Feb 14 2015 - 01:00
Another Life: I am living proof of the value of horticultural therapyI’ve rushed the spring a little, but how good it feels to be surrounded by green againSat Feb 07 2015 - 01:00
Another Life: Study to reveal Ireland’s deer populationProtection for the genetic heritage of the red deer a prioritySat Jan 31 2015 - 01:00
Another Life: An Irish tsunami? It’s not as unlikely as it soundsSome of the biggest tsunamis arose from three underwater landslides at the edge of Norway’s continental shelf, the most recent about 8,000 years agoTue Jan 27 2015 - 13:28
Another Life: Small is beautiful – Ireland’s lakes, ponds and poolsWe may not think much about their chemistry or aquatic life, but the island’s small lakes contribute powerfully to biodiversitySat Jan 17 2015 - 01:00
Another Life: Not just for gourmets – why truffles are good for gardenersBring a truffle hound around the midlands and you might unearth some of Ireland’s white truffles – fungi that commercial growers use to inoculate saplings against diseaseSat Jan 10 2015 - 01:00
Another Life: Control of bird habitats in hedges and on hills remains a burning issueThere is strong pressure to change the closed period for hedge-cutting and hill-burningSat Jan 03 2015 - 01:00
Another Life: Our green conservation plan is making farmers see redThe final version of GLAS will bring grant applications from some 20,000 farmersSat Dec 27 2014 - 01:00
Another Life: the magic of the winter solsticeMistletoe, druids, myth and magic in IrelandSat Dec 20 2014 - 01:00
We all know we rely on nature. Let’s not throw away what’s left of itThe list of habitats to be protected gets longer, but few are being looked after properlySat Dec 13 2014 - 08:00
Another Life: How have gulls become such clever urban residents?Herring and black-backed gulls have been drawn by flat roofs, to nest on, and plenty of food, especially takeaways. There can be so many of them that they annoy people – but the number of breeding pairs continues to declineSat Dec 06 2014 - 06:00
Another Life: Anemones, urchins and, in Lough Hyne, the richest rock pool in IrelandIt’s 50 years since the films of Jacques Cousteau inspired the first Irish sub-aqua adventurers. Today 80 clubs, all over the country, are affiliated to the Irish Underwater CouncilSat Nov 29 2014 - 01:00
Another Life: How can we rescue our sheepwrecked uplands?Large areas of Ireland’s upland habitats – above the last farmland fence – are being lost or degraded, according to the National Parks and Wildlife ServiceSat Nov 22 2014 - 01:00
Another Life: climate change bound to affect our batsMediterranean pipistrelles are moving north and there are signs of change to the number of species in IrelandSat Nov 15 2014 - 01:00
Another Life: 10m larvae, 2 survivors, then 100 years protecting our riversIreland may have as many as 12 million freshwater pearl mussels, a key share of the European populationSat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00
Another Life: ‘Dolphin initiatives’ can start swimmingly but end badlyIrish Whale and Dolphin Group says even sociable wild dolphins are best left to wild livesSat Nov 01 2014 - 01:00
Another Life: Close call for our last few rock doves, wild originals of the west coastThe arrival on Inishbofin of domestic pigeons – birds that are a result of thousands of years of selective breeding – could have been a calamity for the island’s wild flockSat Oct 25 2014 - 01:00
Another Life: The strange world of slime mould, ‘dog vomit’ and EbolaThe way bacteria and viruses interact with Earth’s biochemistry is mesmerising in its scale and intricacySat Oct 18 2014 - 01:00
Another Life: Fond of casual sex, even fonder of sleep. Meet the hedgehogThe first deep study of this hardy creature in Ireland reveals some surprising habitsSat Oct 11 2014 - 01:00
Punctual, keen sense of direction, like lullabies: what we’ve learned about swallowsResearch has found that the birds retire between 11 and 35 minutes after sunset. How they find their way to South Africa is less clearSat Oct 04 2014 - 01:00
Another Life: Counting sheep isn’t what it used to beHill farmers are at sea with the complex commonage systemSat Sept 27 2014 - 01:00
Another Life: Googling my way out of a frog-related googlyWhat good are frogs? Ecologists regard them as keystone and sentinel species, with crucial roles in keeping the rest of us aliveSat Sept 20 2014 - 01:00
Another Life: Hillside, shore, sea. What’s changed in all these years?As the coast becomes dotted with holiday houses, the sea is becoming dotted with fish farms. The farther away they stay, the betterSat Sept 13 2014 - 01:00
Another Life: Four-spotted chaser, troll fly, keeled skimmer – what’s in a name?Thirty-two species of dragonfly and damselfly have been recorded in Ireland. The process has been a labour of loveSat Sept 06 2014 - 01:00
Another Life: Location, location, location – the lives of peregrinesHalf a century after their DDT disaster, peregrine falcons are in full recovery, but they follow somewhat different lifestyles on Ireland’s opposite coastsSat Aug 30 2014 - 01:00
Another Life: The robin, a feathered Exocet of the gardenGarderners welcome this shy bird’s services in eating bothersome flies and midges, but they’ll struggle to make friends with itSat Aug 23 2014 - 01:00
