Biodiversity

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

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

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

Public invited to suggest names for the newborn red panda cubs

Nominee places range from the shadows of Croagh Patrick to a once derelict dump site in Dublin’s Liberties

‘If something can shave off just half a degree, that means millions fewer impacted by heatwaves, crop failures or flooding’

Consider how you can reuse, repair and rent rather than always buying new products

Connecting with woodland can have a profound influence on our lives

The sprat needed to feed whales are at risk of extinction because of overfishing

Same whales spotted off Cork and Kerry 20 years ago now popping up in Donegal Bay, says sea life charity

Shrinking woodland, persecution and poison at the start of the 20th century led to its near extinction

The Minister for Finance on Nature Capital: The Value of the World Around Us by Partha Dasgupta and Slow Down or Die: The Economics of Degrowth by Timothée Parrique, translated by Claire Benoit

The maps we use have profound implications for calculating greenhouse gas emissions from our land sector

Tree planting in Ireland is at its lowest level since 1946 despite grants and premiums

Cabinet approves ‘actions to safeguard Ireland’s marine biodiversity and coastal communities’

‘The bee gets the glory. The wasp gets the swat. I work so hard at pest control and pollination all day long and what thanks do I get?’

Legislation is back on the Dáil agenda to support government decision-making in the interests of future generations