Nature

Wildlife rehabber warns against manicured gardens and insecticides as hedgehog numbers drop 30% in past decade

Ella McSweeney: Without radical and urgent changes in how we use the land, the future of our most distinctive lakes is bleak

Éanna Ní Lamhna identifies a number of creatures and explains the odd colouring of a mallard drake

Éanna Ní Lamhna on a finch nest, the great pond snail and water-skating insects

A bad day’s gardening is often the result of shoddy tools, so invest well in your implements

To watch a flower unfurl is to simultaneously be reminded of the fact that life is both worthwhile and fleeting

Clew Bay and Tralee Bay are their last known refuges here, where their numbers are so low it may be too late to help them. Still, scientists refuse to give up hope

Éanna Ní Lamhna on a German wasp, a ruby tiger moth caterpillar, and a Cormorant on the Dodder

Organism gives sea its distinctive smell and promotes creation of clouds, thereby playing a significant role in global climate

The speed of decline in the ocean current system known as Amoc will determine whether Ireland can adapt or face catastrophic impacts

To the committed fungus hunter, mushrooms bought with money will always be worthless or, at least, worth less than those captured in the wild

The Burren is home to 27 species of moths and butterflies found nowhere else in the country, along with all of our rarest butterflies and half our rarest moths

Éanna Ní Lamhna on a dead 6ft leatherback turtle, a red garden spider, and the flowering lives of dandelions

Elon Musk should know that human social structures are more fluid than even the most complex of animal hierarchies

2024 was ‘masterclass in climate destruction’, António Guterres tells global leaders

Carbon credits predicted to enable big increase in climate spending but critics says backdoor deal was rushed and undermines UN climate process

World’s performance on emissions and temperature summarised in three words: ‘over the limit’

The confirmation revives the question of whether nightjars could have a more hopeful future in Ireland than previously believed

Éanna Ní Lamhna on a garden thief, the darter dragonfly, and – cough, cough – rook pellets

The author’s sensitive writing quietly captures nature’s exquisiteness and captivates the human heart