Myths about bats abound. One is that they can suck your blood, but bats in Ireland, which are protected by law, won’t harm you

The scientific community is calling for more attention to the use of millions of drones that are sold to lay people, which cause conflict with wildlife.

Wild birds often can’t detect powerlines before flying into them so Cork County Council have written to the ESB to ask for them to do something to prevent further collisions at a Special  Protection Area in Cork Harbour. 

Winter is usually the most challenging time of year for wildlife

Even absolute beginners can help in this massive nationwide project to record Ireland's rich diversity of spring flowers

The dholes came to Dublin Zoo from Tierpark in Berlin a number of days ago and are settling into their new habitat very well

Staffing level 'incredibly disappointing'

Cork plan for enhanced cable car link may be halted after campaigners get High Court permission to appeal the decision 

Native woodland containing natural predators key to red squirrels, not conifer plantations as previously thought

The bird was spotted in Roscommon on New Year's Eve

New map shows how connected the landscape is for birds and wildlife 

The new type of whale is believed to be one of about 1.5 million as-yet undiscovered species in the deep ocean

Research is just starting to scratch the surface of understanding how heat affects ecosystems

The bioluminescence phenomenon is down to the naturally occurring plankton

The first documented instance of ducks being able to mimic sounds has researchers reviewing the evolution of vocal language learning in birds

Seal Rescue Ireland have said that Wally the Walrus may have suffered injuries during his visit to West Cork in recent days

The scientists explain that Irish coastal waters are “one of the few places” where basking sharks “regularly and predictably occur on the surface close to shore”

Greater numbers of people are engaging with the sea but this new-found wonder comes at a time of crisis for the world’s oceans and Irish seas, writes Joyce Fegan

Diverse species such as the long-tailed tit, otter, pine marten, and the bee orchid have returned to several Irish waterways in recent times.

At a time when a quarter of Irish bird species are on a conservation red list, it is encouraging to hear that a pair of cranes are nesting in the Midlands.

Your stunning front-page picture on Saturday was yet another reminder of the wonderful wildlife heritage we have — ‘Cub-urban living’ (Irish Examiner, April 24).

Blazes at Killarney National Park and elsewhere show our indifference adhering to many laws  

Nature doesn't need well-intentioned interference from humans

A local group is opposing work they say will result in more flooding and a loss of habitat for wildlife

— successful Irish project is helping repopulate other parts of Europe with these birds

Professor of Botany at Trinity College  is encouraging people with an interest in the future of the NPWS to partake in a survey before deadline

Excitement over discovery of a walrus on Valentia Island 

The Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage said the recruitment of rangers is separate to the newly proposed Wildlife Crime Unit, which is still under development

Deer are breeding in the park but have moved 'well beyond their usual circumference' say frustrated farmers. 

Deciding on what is an acceptable use of natural resources, especially land, is always political. Decisions are driven by deep cultural beliefs.

Ireland must increase the number of its protected areas to safeguard habitats, species, and ecosystems on our coasts and waterways

Review of NPWS is essential and all groups with a commitment to environmental and conservation wellbeing should contribute to it and thereby add to the momentum it initiates. 

The wretched pandemic has brought many difficulties, some beyond anything we might have anticipated outside of wartime.

Confined to our houses and localities because of lockdowns, we have learned to observe and appreciate beauty in our gardens

At a time when the extinction of wildlife is accelerating, it is heartening to see that a group of volunteers has succeeded in reversing that trend, at least in one small pocket of the world.

Our six national parks are treasures we hold in trust for future generations even if we can, during our own lifetime, wallow in the physical and spiritual comfort they offer.

UCC research finds tourists are getting disturbing nest sites

Almost three-quarters of unnatural deaths of birds of prey in the last 13 years were the result of poisoning, a new study has found.

Awareness crucial in the battle against Oak Processionary Moth

Pufferfish species are present off Irish coasts. As long ago as 2002, an article in Matt Murphy’s informative quarterly, Sherkin Comment, reported that a blunthead pufferfish had been caught off Donegal in 1984, the most northerly record at that time.

According to Jeremy Corbyn, who has an allotment, the “best way to be healthy is to get your hands dirty in the soil”.

An old Cork graveyard is getting a novel makeover job with four goats being 'hired' for the summer to eat overgrowth around headstones and boulders in one of the first initiatives of its kind in the country.

You’re as welcome as the flowers in May is an old Irish greeting. So, in these times, it gives the heart a much-needed lift to see wild flowers blooming so beautifully. during bright, sunny days in this loveliest of months.

COCOON comes from ‘coque’, French for ‘egg shell’. ‘Un oeuf à la coque’ is a boiled egg and ‘se renfermer dans sa coque’ is ‘to retreat into one’s shell’. For zoologists, a cocoon is the container protecting an insect during the adolescent stage of development.