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<p>The penguin Kumimanu fordycei would have towered over other species such as Petradyptes stonehousei more than 55 million years ago. Picture: Dr Simone Giovanardi / Natural History Museum</p>

outdoors

Richard Collins: Gigantic penguins are extinct — will climate change take Emperor penguins next?

There are 17 surviving penguin species, all in the Southern Hemisphere: three are considered to be ‘endangered’, and seven more are listed as ‘vulnerable’ — it is estimated that climate change will reduce the emperor population by 90% by the end of the century

<p>Spider web: As the weather gets colder in autumn, spiders tend to go indoors, mainly to breed</p>

outdoors

On the web: Make friends with spiders if you don't like flies and other insects

British museum mulls Cork village’s claim on Napoleon’s stallion

news

British museum mulls Cork village’s claim on Napoleon’s stallion

A look back on Cobh’s horticultural heroine, Anne Elizabeth Ball

home and gardens

A look back on Cobh’s horticultural heroine, Anne Elizabeth Ball

Illegal nets a scourge of the seas

world

Ethical clothing lines are all the fashion