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The Curragh is full of natural treasures. It needs safeguarding

The need for conservation measures on the Co Kildare plains has been recognised for 30 years

Irish bees ‘stressed’ and ‘hungry’ from heat as lack of rainfall hits pollen supplies

Dublin beekeeper says honey harvest this year is ‘best in 20 years’ but drought has put strain on hives

‘It’s very moving’: The growth of dark sky tourism in Ireland as enthusiasts prepare for solar eclipse

There are hopes that more sites will soon push for dark sky status in Connemara, Wicklow, Donegal and west Cork

‘I was in my garden with my camera when three crows started to attack a buzzard’

Your wildlife notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna

‘Structured messiness’: How a pilot project brought four housing schemes back to nature

Fingal’s biodiversity officer says planting blackberry brambles starts a chain reaction that benefits wildlife and the entire community

Spending on promoting Achill needs to be matched by investment in protecting it

Sustainable tourism depends on safeguarding the very landscapes that attract people to the island

Cross-Border commitment crucial in nursing Ireland’s ailing lakes back to health

In the Republic, there has been unrelenting deterioration of lakes, rivers and estuaries

Ireland needs better hostels and more serviced camping sites

Pricey hotels and expensive rentals make holidaying at home prohibitively costly. We need better alternatives

A gardening friend says my green potatoes are poisonous. Is it true?

Some of my potatoes have pushed up out of the ground and turned green

A look at Dublin Bay’s ‘completely unique’ biosphere

In 2015, Unesco extended the reserve to the entirety of Dublin Bay, including Ireland’s Eye, which has 9,000 pairs of breeding seabirds across 11 different species

These crows may not survive because of how they look. Nature is red in tooth and claw

Eanna Ní Lamhna answers your notes and queries on crows, bees and more

Have you seen the greenest place in Ireland? Where is it?

Have your say on who, where and what comprise the greenest people, places and projects countrywide

Home to roost

Latest building addition coincides with relaxation of back-garden dwelling rules

Bill Oddie: Wildlife presenter and Goodies star dies aged 85

Bill Oddie found fame in the 1970s as a member of comic trio The Goodies

This picture proves at least one successful breeding event is happening in 2026

Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna

How can I encourage more moths to visit my garden?

Butterflies may be more colourful but moths bring their own special magic

Looking after our hedgerows will look after our farms, nature and climate

Older farmers tell of regrets at being encouraged to remove hedgerows under misguided policies

Nature’s climate controllers help city-dwellers cope with rising heat

Trees ‘sweat’ so that people don’t have to

This very large fly has been hanging around my garden. Does it bite humans?

Éanna Ní Lamhna answers your queries on horseflies, thunderworms and busy bees

I sowed a lot of greens but they’ve spiked - have they bolted?

Readers’ questions: Most of my plants now have tall spikes of leaves which taste off

We need creative help to understand and reverse human-induced climate change

Artists can be shape-shifters of cultural norms, as they are not afraid to push against the status quo and stimulate behaviour change

A devastating disease is spreading among Irish songbirds

Songbirds hit by a contagious infection are being found dead on bird tables and in gardens after last-gasp efforts to feed

This snail is not a lad, or indeed a lassie. Garden snails are all hermaphrodite

Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna

‘They’re meant to be there’: Expert urges calm over jellyfish ‘smacks’ seen off Irish coast

Large congregations of jellyfish are normal, marine biologist says, despite social media buzz

‘Our lives have changed unimaginably’: The people who quit city life for rural Ireland

Families who moved from city life share the freedoms, challenges and surprises of building a new life in the countryside

This unexpected visitor crashed my daughter’s post-Leaving Cert party

Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna answers your queries on woodwasps, butterworts and more

Embattled hen harrier clings on - but its future is far from certain

Once-common bird of prey is at the centre of tensions over land use for farming and forestry

This beautiful orchid is growing in our suburban front lawn

Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna

Where is the logic in reducing Ireland’s hedgerows to ecological deserts?

Such destruction should be regarded as an ecological emergency, not routine maintenance

Ireland’s Greenest Places: Community is the catalyst that can create change

Shining a light on people working together to protect and restore our natural enviromnent is a key function of this year’s competition

Something is happening in the underwater world of Irish kelp

As well as being like a supermarket for deeper-water species, fragments can also carry carbon into deeper water, where it stays out of the atmosphere

Sculptural evergreens, ferns and grasses to add drama to urban gardens

Small city gardens are akin to theatrical stages just waiting for the right props to set the tone

Hare coursing should not need to be debated, just ended

If ever there was a case for a conscience vote in the Dáil, this is it

Gordon D’Arcy’s Birdstyle breaks the mould by mixing natural science with imaginative art

Six decades of birdwatching, drawing, writing and sharing and the author’s passion still shines through in new book

The Irish herbalists finding new purpose in ancient remedies

There is a growing movement of people reviving the ancient Irish healing tradition of an bean feasa

I was surprised to see this visitor on my evening river walk

Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna

The source of much of our ecocide is ironic: food production

We create food to sustain us, while systematically destroying the environment that sustains us

Watch the birdy: Public asked to track ‘Irish’ cuckoos’ epic migration to Africa

Killarney’s ‘Cuach Cores’ among cuckoos undertaking journey from Ireland as far as Democratic Republic of Congo

It is time guidelines were put in place to help cat owners

I agree with licensing cats in the same manner as dogs

How a stalled Dublin development became an accidental bird reserve

Lapwings are the biggest beneficiaries, along with meadow pipits, skylarks and amber-listed ringed plovers, almost unheard of for Dublin. But it cannot last

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