Michael Viney: Irish frogs and their explosive breeding

Another Life: Bounty of spawn in ditches and ponds provides food for animals and birds

Dear World winners: Irish Times children’s climate writing competition

The entrants held smart, well-informed views on the challenges facing the planet

Dear World: The Irish Times children’s climate writing competition

Write a letter to world leaders on the climate crisis and win a €2k eco prize for your school

Dublin by Design: Meticulously illustrated look at city architecture

Contributors look at the history of Dublin to imagine an even better future

Theatre of nature: Examining the environment through the lens

An aural tapestry, 1000 Miniature Meadows explores Ireland’s biodiversity crisis

Mark Cagney breezes through the storm on his return to radio

Erstwhile TV host brings a light touch to Newstalk stint as Lorenzo and Brexit rage on

Alys Fowler on love and gardening: ‘Ursula Halligan inspired me to come out’

The gardening writer was in Ireland just before the same sex marriage vote

Six great European gardens to discover on holidays

This week in the garden: Irish gardeners share their top places to visit on holidays

London could become a park city. Could Dublin follow its lead?

Ireland’s capital has a lot going for it if it wants to be a ‘national park city’

Biodiversity week: ‘Natural world should be protected for all our benefit’

Events aims to celebrate wildlife and raise awareness of damage being done to environment

Our man in savannah: behind the plants at Dublin Zoo

Horticulturalist Stephen Butler creates habitats that conjure up far-off lands

In a word . . . worm, earwig

Host of events to celebrate National Tree Week

Lectures and walks scheduled as Coillte donate 15,000 saplings for planting

Picture perfect

Is your garden looking its absolute best at the moment? An award-winning photographer gives advice on how to take a greatpicture of it, rather than just a good one