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.

AN article by Jim Fox in the current issue of BirdWatch Ireland’s magazine Wings, brings to mind a self-effacing bird which we have all but forgotten.

THE world population of the Stephen’s Island wren was wiped out by Tibbles, the lighthouse keeper’s cat.

I’M just back from Achill, a wet windy outpost of mountains and cliffs, where it gets dark later than anywhere else in Europe.

IT hasn’t been a good month for big cat tourism. The Indian Supreme Court ruled against visitors entering tiger protection areas, a decision which the conservation charity Care for the Wild International has welcomed.

SILENCE, the movie by Cork-born film-maker Pat Collins, is in the cinemas at present.

THE visit to the Dublin coast of an exotic creature from the Arctic ended in tragedy recently.

If you marry your sister or brother, as the Pharaohs did, your offspring may inherit disorders.

HOUSE sparrows have lived with us since the dawn of civilisation.