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  • Paddy Sleeman

    UCC

    Dr Paddy Sleeman is a Researcher in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at UCC

    A Grey wolf mother with her young pup in Canada. Photo: Getty Images

    Why it's too soon to bring wolves back to Ireland

    Reintroducing wolves may be a nature-based solution to biodiversity and ecological issues, but we're simply not ready for them

    Nature • 28 Mar 24
    A badger caught on camera in the grounds at Áras an Uachtaráin in Dublin's Phoenix Park during a 2020 biodiversity study

    How do we stop badgers badgering cows?

    Badgers infecting cattle with bovine tuberculosis has been a hugely vexatious issue for decades, but vaccination may offer a solution

    Nature • 28 Nov 23
    Is the Pygmy Shrew on the way out in Ireland? Photo: Getty Images

    How new small mammals have caused an 'invasional meltdown'

    The arrival of such invasive mammals as the Bank Vole and Greater White-toothed Shrew are having a major impact on our ecosystem

    Nature • 06 Jul 23
    'The costs due to wolf predation were more then covered by the lack of costs associated with controlling the tuberculosis in cattle'

    Hungry like the wolf: predators, prey and lessons for humans

    Nature • 14 Jul 22
    Barn owls at rest. Photo: RTÉ

    Do female mammals actually take more risks than males?

    Males are assumed to be more at risk of ending up as prey then females, but that is not always the case in nature

    Nature • 29 Mar 22
    Dancing in the moonlight: the badgers killed on Irish roads tend to be distracted non-local animals

    'Dead badgers on roads get noticed'

    New roads and faster cars often spell bad news for our badger populations

    Nature • 05 Nov 21
    Pana otters or Dublin otters? Photo: Vincent Wildlife Trust

    Why otters are taking up residence in our towns and cities

    Otters are attracted to cities for their rivers, which are rich with such prey as fish, eels and water birds

    Nature • 21 Jan 21
    This had better be good

    The only story you'll read today about 12 kilos of owl vomit

    How a barrel in west Cork produced unexpected and significant facts about the differences between male and female mammals.

    Nature • 03 Feb 21
    It's my garden now, bud. Photo: Tim Graham/Getty Images

    Why the fox has moved into our cities

    How we live in urban areas has created the ideal ecosystem for urban foxes to thrive

    animals • 21 May 20

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