We need a ban on the use of tangle netting to bring an end to the carnage of threatened and protected species says ecologist Pádraic Fogarty as a new Marine Institute report highlights serious problems facing wildlife in Ireland's first marine environment National Park

"There are 39 different shark species and 28 species of skates and rays (closely related to sharks) living in the ocean around Ireland, long before people ever reached these shores."

New research shows how species boost the amount of carbon stored in their ecosystems – and why protecting them is vital

Greater Skellig hot spot included in same league as the Galápagos Islands and the Great Barrier Reef