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Native woodpeckers: Their meal was a large caterpillar spiced up with a beakful of winged insects

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

Sat Mar 18 2023 - 05:00

Does this rock really contain a fossil? Readers’ nature queries

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

Sat Mar 11 2023 - 05:00

Irish nature: put the phone away, look up, peer closer and be curious

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

Sat Mar 11 2023 - 05:00

‘Extraordinary’ sighting of orca with baby pilot whale astounds scientists

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

Fri Mar 10 2023 - 11:59

Why did the frog cross the railway track? And other readers’ nature queries

Éanna Ní Lamhna on murderous sparrowhawks, a pathogenic fungus and a case of mistaken identity

Sat Mar 4 2023 - 05:00

Is this large spider I found in my attic poisonous? Readers’ nature queries

Eanna Ní Lamhna on dunnocks, Harlequin ladybirds, cormorants and mason bees

Sat Feb 25 2023 - 05:00

False widow’s killing of shrew confirms its threat to ecosystem

The spider was filmed eating the protected species over a three-day period, scientists at the University of Galway confirm

Tue Feb 21 2023 - 12:00

Is it unusual for snipe to turn up in a city garden? Readers’ nature queries

Eanna Ní Lamhna on woodcock, mushrooms, aphids, buzzards and hazel catkins

Sat Feb 18 2023 - 05:00

Anja Murray: I am eager for spring, when anxiety dissipates in the bustle of light and colour

I’m far from alone: 84% of Irish people say access to nature is important for their mental health

Sat Feb 11 2023 - 05:00

Are greenfinch on the endangered list? Readers’ nature queries

Eanna Ní Lamhna on tortoiseshell butterfly, pied wagtail, egrets and early emerging queen bumble bees

Sat Feb 11 2023 - 05:00

The first Another Life: Those who see us as ‘retiring’ should try humping sacks of potatoes and cement

Michael Viney’s introductory column from his family’s new home on an acre of Co Mayo appeared in The Irish Times in October 1977

Sat Feb 4 2023 - 05:45

Is this fungus too poisonous to even touch? Readers’ nature queries

Éanna Ní Lamhna on a field mouse, a spider’s elaborate trap and a ‘nasty’ invasive species

Sat Jan 28 2023 - 05:00

Another Life: Deer out, beavers in - which way for nature?

Michael Viney: The lynx is currently favoured for Irish rewilding as a means of controlling the plague of’ wild’ deer damaging forests and eating too much farmers’ grass

Sat Jan 28 2023 - 00:00

Another Life: A future for ‘wild’ goats and ancient sheep

The Old Irish Goat, now officially recognised as an Irish native rare breed, is controlling the growth of unwanted plants on opposite sides of the island of Ireland

Sat Jan 21 2023 - 05:00

Eye on Nature: Unusually coloured fungus on the dunes at Magilligan

Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna

Sat Jan 21 2023 - 05:00

Find the ancient marks and you can watch the setting sun roll down Croagh Patrick’s side

Michael Viney: In Listen to the Land Speak, Manchán Magan aims to ‘send shards of light’ to illuminate the landscape and our history in it

Mon Jan 16 2023 - 06:00

Eye on Nature: Ladybird larva, slime mould, witches’ brooms, and why oystercatchers stand on one leg

Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna

Sat Jan 14 2023 - 05:00

Ireland finds common cause in biodiversity

Michael Viney: Plenty of talk about ramification and refinement, but nature has grown short of time

Sat Jan 7 2023 - 05:00

Eye on Nature: Curious case of the red admiral butterfly

Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna

Sat Jan 7 2023 - 05:00

These fungi suddenly mushroomed in my back garden?

Readers' nature queries: Eanna Ní Lamhna on sulphur tuft fungus, the New Zealand flatworm, Silverfish, reindeer and Christmas trees

Sat Dec 17 2022 - 05:00

Michael Viney: Spices worth more than their weight in gold

Another Life: In ancient times black pepper was used as dowry, tax and rent

Sat Dec 17 2022 - 05:00

Eye on Nature

Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna

Sat Dec 10 2022 - 05:00

Another Life: Saving the sea world of six nations

Michael Viney: Clasped between islands, the Irish Sea shapes ecosystems with a huge variety of wildlife

Sat Dec 10 2022 - 05:00

What satellites and treetop ‘phenocams’ tell us about Ireland’s changing seasons

Michael Viney: This is the new face of phenology, the age-old study of the timing of changes in nature

Mon Dec 5 2022 - 05:00

What is this mushroom we saw on the Antrim coast? Readers’ nature queries

Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna on dor beetles, bog asphodel, Ichneumon fly and the box-tree moth caterpillar

Sat Dec 3 2022 - 05:00

Coillte to pay State €30m dividend

Revenue rise driven by demand for sawn wood and timber products

Fri Apr 29 2022 - 16:42

Local heroes: The people making a difference in communities around Ireland

We asked you to nominate someone in your life who gives back

Sat Jan 22 2022 - 00:00

Gardening: Why we should love our weeds most of the time

Weeds can serve as hugely useful indicators of different soil types and growing conditions

Sat Apr 10 2021 - 06:00

Has the agri-food sector responded sufficiently to climate science indicators?

It makes good economic sense to act now, says leading scientist Prof John Sweeney

Thu Mar 18 2021 - 06:00

‘It will take all of 2021 to get our business back to normal operations’

For Coillte, the biggest crisis of recent years has not been Covid, says chief executive

Fri Mar 12 2021 - 14:30

Kerry Group sees strong recovery in third quarter

Relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions boosts group’s food service business

Wed Nov 4 2020 - 08:02

The cavemen within: Did love, not war, bring an end to Neanderthals?

Scientists believe humans and Neanderthals merged in Europe to become one new species

Wed Mar 4 2020 - 18:09

Ryanair complains to advertising watchdog over claims company

ASAI partially upholds complaint against MyRefund which manages flight delay claims

Tue Oct 30 2018 - 19:20

Priced out of Dublin? Consider buying in Drogheda instead

Buyers are moving to the Louth town to take advantage of relatively low property prices

Sat Jan 27 2018 - 06:00

‘Wonder stuff: Material ‘grown’ at TCD could bring roll-up TVs

Amber materials science centre team find wonder material good for high-tech uses

Thu Jul 14 2016 - 01:00

I think, therefore I move: a major paralysis breakthrough

Ground-breaking research has enabled a quadriplegic man to move his forearm by way of a microchip implant in his brain

Wed Apr 13 2016 - 18:01

Aloe vera: Say hello to a wonder plant

This useful plant is used to reduce pain, to moisturise and to aid healing, among other properties

Thu Jan 21 2016 - 10:00

Quitting smoking might be down to genes, researchers find

Group at Zhejiang University of Hangzhu in China identify gene that may be linked to quitting

Tue Dec 1 2015 - 18:13

Mother Nature: inspiration of songwriters that keeps on giving

Benefit of ecosystems worth some €566m to tunesmiths over 12 years - Dr Luca Coscieme

Thu Nov 26 2015 - 17:00

Researchers use beeswax to trace earliest beekeepers

International team found ‘bee products were exploited’ at least from 9,000 years ago

Wed Nov 11 2015 - 19:00

Irish Roots: The fine-scale genetic structure of the British population?

A recent study in Nature maps very fine regional variations in genetic make-up in the UK

Mon Apr 6 2015 - 01:00

Unthinkable: Should research always give ‘value for money’?

Current funding structures encourage safe and pre-determined research, says consultant neurologist Orla Hardiman

Wed Apr 1 2015 - 10:48

Fracking estimates for gas may be too optimistic, research finds

US study suggests production peak could be reached by 2020 - with rapid decline to follow

Wed Dec 3 2014 - 18:06

Scientists map DNA of 45,000-year-old man from thigh bone

Study on ‘high-quality’ genome from Siberian remains examine Neanderthal ancestry

Wed Oct 22 2014 - 19:22

Giant shrimp sheds new light on evolution

Ancient shrimp-like creature that lived 500 million years ago not a predator

Wed Mar 26 2014 - 18:39

Working on a better appreciation of sleep

Study in ‘Nature’ shows if you don’t sleep you are even more of a liability in the office than if you’ve downed a bottle of vodka

Mon Jun 10 2013 - 01:00

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