Jane Stout

Large mix of biodiversity discovered on 130-acre site around home of President

New free app helps identify flowers and trees and many species from animal and fungi kingdoms

Trinity College Dublin wants to manage its very formal front lawns as wildflower meadows

Specialist team to carry out year-long ‘bio-diversity’ audit of 52-hectare site

‘People may never see orangutans but don’t want them to go extinct.That empathy isn’t there for insects’

‘You go to the UN to offer some very much necessary but perhaps for many unpalatable truths ’

Biodiversity is more than a concept – it’s a revelation of what the world could look like

Farming practices and urbanisation have placed insect world in acute danger, says president ahead of World Bee Day

Prof Jane Stout says in Ireland, this had resulted in loss of habitats and loss of species

Creation of ‘biodiversity duty’ on public and local authorities among new measures

Access Science: Dublin conference to explore findings from fossilised flora

Rapid changes in farming have sounded the death knell for many of our 21 species of bumblebees and 75 species of ‘solitary’ bees

Bee populations in Ireland and globally have declined significantly, making them endangered

Robo-bees could give us incredible insight into how real bees navigate, forage, communicate and avoid predators – but they are not a solution to crop pollination

Pollinators, especially bees, are in decline due to habitat loss; disease and pesticide use

Nature-based solutions are the hip new trend here to soothe our urban environmental woes – but are they actually solutions for nature?

Sometimes, evidence-based decision-making isn’t based on much evidence. There are lots of reasons why, but when things go wrong, we shouldn’t be afraid to say so and make a change

In our busy, always-on lives, punctuated with takeaway coffees, conveniently-wrapped groceries, budget flights, endless activities and fast fashion, less might actually be more

75 per cent of food crop species need pollination to maximise output

Some of the same species are becoming prevalent worldwide, causing concern among scientists of what’s known as ‘global ecological homogenisation’

I don’t have a problem with trick or treat, but I do have a problem with waste. And Halloween is terrifyingly full of it

Enough native honeybees in Ireland to help repopulate northern Europe, study finds

A science degree is about more than science – it can set you up for fulfilment in many different areas

Heritage Week 2017 offers the opportunity for a closer relationship

Our challenge is to increase quantity and quality of food production while ensuring farmers can make a living, without trashing ecosystems

Concern over impact of systemic insecticides, especially neonicotinoids

Pesticide makers question research results despite funding largest ever field trial

The summer months when bees are buzzing is a busy time for a pollination ecologist, but not in the way you might think

Hikers and nature-lovers are unhappy about hard-track plans for Irish waterways

Perhaps the problem isn’t too much technology – perhaps it’s too little nature

A plan backed by 68 organisations shows the plight of pollinators is moving up the agenda

All-Ireland Pollinator Plan devised to encourage creation of havens for threatened species

It took the industrial age and a rapidly increasing population to break into the big time when it came to wrecking the planet

Rhododendron is popularly enjoyed as a beautiful ‘wild’ flowering shrub. But in fact it’s a troublesome terrestrial invader

The oysters of Ireland were once a native mollusc. Now Pacific oysters have invaded, with potential ecological pitfalls