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Vegetarian rodents in Britain help hold back floods of climate change and clean up rivers
Cranes on the horizon: Mythic bird could be on verge of Irish comeback
Return would be a great success for Bord na Móna’s peatland biodiversity measures
Scale of tree-felling for Cork greenway ‘shocking’, locals say
‘There seems to be a mania, a fetish, to beautify through engineering’ - Green cllr
Another Life: The hardy alder relishes getting its feet wet on river banks
Michael Viney: Sometimes, and surprisingly, Irish farmland can produce its own native trees, regenerating dreams of a lost forest
The foreign invaders decimating North’s worm population
Antipodean flatworms pose risk to indigenous variety which could have severe knock-on effects
Madigan rules out plans to reintroduce hares to Bull Island
Dogs blamed for extinction of hares from world-recognised Dublin Bay nature reserve
Government must declare ‘climate and biodiversity’ emergency
Children may have to be taught about life forms ‘in the past tense’, claims Senator
Mass extinction of species is happening in Ireland, NGO says
One-third of groups examined ‘are threatened or near-threatened with dying out’
Poisoned and preyless: obstacles to rewilding Ireland with eagles
Restoring the golden eagle to the west has found the limits to bringing back a carnivore
The great decline of Ireland’s angel shark
Native to big sandy bays on the west coast it may not survive to breed there any more
Nearly 50 marine species in Irish waters face extinction
Irish Wildlife Trust calls for full legal protection for threatened sealife
Conservation group lodges gorse fire complaint with European Commission
Irish Wildlife Trust says 97 illegal gorse fires started in two months this year
How to love the natural world
National Heritage Week a prime opportunity to connect with our natural environment
Bloom 2017: The pick of a very beautiful bunch
We preview the best of this year’s festival, which kicks off in the Phoenix Park on June 1st
Plans to extend gorse burning season deeply flawed, says Green Party
More than 27,000 people sign a petition against the Government’s Heritage Bill
Gorse fires ‘devastating’ for birds and other wildlife, says charity
BirdWatch Ireland calls for enforcement of existing regulations on burning in uplands
Large gorse fire in Sligo brought under control after 30 hours
Wildlife group warns of enormous damage caused to areas with special environmental protection
Heritage Bill: Seanad sides with wildlife
Minister Humphreys has opportunity to respond to genuine concerns rather than following blindly the dictates of the farming lobby
Call for Killarney National Park to lose ‘biosphere’ status
Irish Wildlife Trust informs Unesco that Co Kerry lands have issues with invasive species
Are we culling badgers needlessly?
Conservationists are concerned about how the badger cull is being implemented in Ireland – and many fear it’s a poor method of preventing bovine tuberculosis
If you want lizards to come calling, put out a welcome mat
Access Science: A nationwide survey will draw together information on common lizards and slow worms
Another Life: A long wait for the badgers’ chocolate bars
Research into getting badgers to eat drugs that counter TB has found they like chocolate
Minister opens park revamped in Healthy Town initiative
Refurbished Páirc an Phobail in Portlaoise features outdoor gym, walkways and lake
Study calls for photos of ‘invasive’ harlequin ladybirds
Harlequin ladybirds excrete yellow blood, leaving stains on household surfaces
Another Life: The struggle against the strangler in our midst
Rhododendron is popularly enjoyed as a beautiful ‘wild’ flowering shrub. But in fact it’s a troublesome terrestrial invader
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