We are the first generation that has a clear understanding of just how much the world depends on nature, and we are also the last generation that can act to reverse the trend

Cork Harbour Festival has released its 2022 programme and from the Ocean to City Rás Mór, to bádaí deasa beaga on the Lough, there's plenty of water-borne fun happening in the city next month

We also need to protect the flight paths used by birds and bats — and the commuter belts which are important to our hedgehogs, foxes and badgers

A fish big as a double-decker bus in mid-air must be quite a sight

Patrick Smiddy tells Colette Sheridan about the inspiration behind his book The Birds of County Cork

Dr Niall Smith says the first hint of May’s eclipse will start at about 3:30am

Miss Plummer’s Island is garlanded with a kaleidoscope of wildflowers and dominated by a fine twisting conifer

In folklore, the bells in the flower were believed to call the fairies when ‘rung’

Researchers from Oxford University have succeeded in discovering how an elephant herd cares for vulnerable members

The good news is that there is still time to save many species from extinction

When faced with a potential life threat, some animals respond by investing more into reproduction, likely in an attempt to pass on genes to the next generation

No herbicides for weed control in city parks or cemeteries — and Cork City Council adding new no-mow areas and 'bug hotels'

It’s really important to remind ourselves that nature is still there, still surviving and ready and waiting to gain a foothold wherever it can

Researchers from Oxford University have succeeded in discovering how an elephant herd cares for vulnerable members

The good news is that there is still time to save many species from extinction

When faced with a potential life threat, some animals respond by investing more into reproduction, likely in an attempt to pass on genes to the next generation

No herbicides for weed control in city parks or cemeteries — and Cork City Council adding new no-mow areas and 'bug hotels'

It’s really important to remind ourselves that nature is still there, still surviving and ready and waiting to gain a foothold wherever it can

Herons do not mate for life: they are monogamous and stay together only for the breeding season

The unpopulated island of Inishtubbrid has no fewer than 23 versions of its name recorded on a placenames website

Every purchase has political implications; we ‘exercise the franchise’ not only at the ballot box, but also in the supermarket

The challenge is to find a balance between sustainable visitor numbers and protecting a fragile, natural and built heritage

A mature leafy tree can produce enough oxygen for 10 people to inhale in a year and during rush hour, trees significantly reduce highly hazardous substances in the air

‘Burren in Bloom’ returns this month and celebrates the region’s rich biodiversity

Learning about birds is a great way for kids to connect with nature

They may well have just arrived having flown from wintering habitats in west Africa or as far south as Namibia

The sun is out this week so why not take to the road and discover one of these dog-friendly walking routes with man’s best friend

Cliffs and coastlines, moors and mountains, pretty towns and charming pubs, you’re never far from a great walk in Ireland. Orla Neligan rounds up 20 of the best with top picks for where to eat, stay and play.

The master castle builders worked on a castle for a clan that first came to England with William the Conqueror and then to Ireland under Strongbow

Some of the finest wildlife depictions ever created are Audubon's metre-high bird pictures

Limerick scientist says a major kill of eels occurred on the lower Shannon due to a lack of mitigation measures during Storm Barra

There are 165 million frogs in Ireland and they feed on slugs and flies 

Dragonflies and damselfies are the 'jewels' of insects

Gomera is the smaller, less-well-known Canary island behind which the sun sets

The shooting stars will peak in the early hours of Saturday and will be visible all across the sky

The three islands have never and could never have supported human life

In Flanders, almost 90,000 records of roadkill were logged by over 4,000 citizen-scientists between 2008 and 2020

Restoring bogs has enormous benefits for biodiversity, including for many species that are nearing extinction here because of the drainage and loss of most of the peat bogs over the past 50 years

By logging your sightings you will help to populate an interactive map that shows records across over 50 countries

Need to blow off the cobwebs after the long weekend? Here are five stunning routes to enjoy

Such fine spring days in Ireland should be honoured

Looking for a lovely way to spend time together over the school holidays? Get on your bikes and go exploring these trails

Beeve’s Rock is as much an island as the crannógs of the Iron Age and any sailor adrift there might be damn glad of its solidity

Perhaps some people will return to the bog, but it’s hard to see a major excursion

According to the ‘cognitive buffer hypothesis’, an intelligent creature is better able to cope with ‘the slings and arrows of outrageous Fortune’ than a less intelligent one

An expedition to the forests of Louisiana say extinction of bird, last definitively seen in 1944, has been exaggerated