SOME people hate their jobs; they’d prefer to be film stars, great artists or captains of industry.

THE Royal Irish Academy’s journal Biology and Environment doesn’t carry detective stories but there’s a fascinating one in its current edition.

NOW that the clocks have gone back, it’s officially winter.

AT THE height of the Roman Empire, herds of wild cattle roamed Europe.

ACCORDING to last Monday’s Irish Examiner, birdwatchers from far and wide travelled to Kylemore Abbey, County Galway, to see a rare American visitor.

THE Niaux cave, in the foothills of the French Pyrenees, is famous for its prehistoric art.

THE Niaux cave, in the foothills of the French Pyrenees, is famous for its prehistoric art. Visiting it last month was an exhilarating experience.

IS the menopause confined to humans?

THE American grey squirrel, and its flea, arrived here from England in 1911 when a ‘scurry’ was presented to the bride during wedding celebrations at Castleforbes County Longford.

AT this time of year terns gather on our local beach for their annual Árd Fheis.