A Clare man and veteran of the French Foreign Legion has set off for Western Greenland to undertake a charity 250km solo-trek along the Arctic Circle Trail.

The life story of the salmon from its birth in an upland stream, in Ireland, to its Atlantic voyage of several thousand kilometres continues to fascinate.

The Canada goose is a controversial bird, writes Richard Collins. 

WHALES are blazing a trail ahead of humans through the melting ice floes of the Northwest Passage.