Nature

Barn owl numbers had been in decline for decades, but that all changed when Tipperary schoolkids decided to take action

Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna

‘We all need Irish agriculture to succeed but it will have to do so on new terms — chiefly, for ecological resilience’

New analysis estimates timescale for collapse between 2025 and 2095, with central estimate of 2050

Review: This is a book of wonders from a firmly grounded visionary, writes John Banville

Éanna Ní Lamhna on Riband Wave moths, the male sparrowhawk, garden spiderlings and Foxgloves

Dr Lee Raye’s new book attempts to catalogue more than 150 now-vanished species of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries

Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna

There is a mistaken idea in the west of Ireland that the wet ground is ‘marginal’, ‘poor’ and ‘unproductive’

Midlands North-West MEP said line dedicated to restoring habitats could be obstacle to farming

Politicians were right to baulk at introducing an incredibly radical and far-reaching law

The law offers the last best hope for reversing the collapse of Europe’s natural systems

Eanna Ní Lamhna on larva, large house spiders and peacock caterpillars

Éanna Ní Lamhna on the longhorn beetle, a viviparous lizard and a smooth newt

Judges praise standard with more than 1,000 entries for the prestigious competition

Recent studies underlining the urgency of the threat of global climate change have prompted almost no discussion in the Irish media

Éanna Ní Lamhna on a worm known as a mouse and a carnivorous bedroom invader

Malcolm Noonan urges European Parliament to press ahead with legislation despite pushback: ‘Our citizens want this - both in Europe and at home’

Éanna Ní Lamhna on slugs versus humans, a native Irish fern and red-listed puffins

‘Dangerous distortions’ about legislation coming from Government and Sinn Féin ‘very worrying’, says Social Democrats leader

Essential that all Irish MEPs take part in debate on proposed legislation, says Charlie McConalogue

Technology provides a ‘digital bridge’ between brain and spinal cord, bypassing injured sections and helping a paralysed man to walk again

The Republic is the 13th worst place in the world for nature: virtually our every habitat and species category is in decline

Eanna Ní Lamhna on freshwater shrimps, brent geese and mating snails

Writer, artist, broadcaster and Irish Times columnist’s life was celebrated with affection at Lakelands Crematorium in Cavan

Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna deals with your notes, observations and queries

Éanna Ní Lamhna on a spotted dogfish, a unique Irish butterfly and gold nugget

Eanna Ní Lamhna on wood sorrel, greylag geese and ‘alien-like’ creatures

Éanna Ní Lamhna on disappeared cranes, depleted hen harriers and dead earthworms

Respondents to public consultation said animals negatively affecting biodiversity, damaging crops and causing road safety issues

Eanna Ní Lamhna answers questions about hairy-footed flower bees, bluebells and dead man’s fingers

Éanna Ní Lamhna on the large necklace shell, Burren beauties, and deadly incontinence

Eanna Ní Lamhna on the dreaded lily beetle, a washed-up dolphin and the White Death spider

Eanna Ní Lamhna on blackthorn, butterflies and a rescued field mouse

Your notes and queries from the outside world for Eanna Ní Lamhna

Eanna Ní Lamhna on strange insects, yellow fungus, aggressive robins and an unusual-looking worm

The joy of discovering the homebred woodpeckers: ‘I heard a curious sound coming from a mature alder tree’

Éanna Ní Lamhna on Red-throated Divers, dormice, wood pigeons and a swan’s foot

For many of us, raised on television nature documentaries from far-flung places, nature is something exotic, out there

Researchers have been stunned by this unique relationship between a female killer whale and a newborn long-finned pilot whale