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A feast of carotenoids. Photo: Getty Images

Why do leaves change colour at this time of year?

Nature • 15 Oct

"It is not surprising that we are made to be outdoors" Photo: Getty Images

Why spending time outdoors improves our mood and brains

Nature • 13 Oct

This had better be good

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

Nature • 02 Oct

"With more people wanting organic produce that is grown and distributed with a low carbon footprint, growing and raising urban food is slowly becoming an integral part of our towns and cities"

All you need to know about urban farming

Urban farming • 03 Sep

Keeping an eye out for that virus... Photo: Getty Images

Can you catch Covid-19 from pets, livestock or wildlife?

Brainstorm • 31 Aug

We've come for your chicken fillet rolls

Seagulls may be hitting our cities because of easy flight paths

Nature • 17 Aug

Domestic goat kids in Indonesia. Domesticated animals can provide intermediary hosts through which wildlife pathogens can spread to humans.

How the rate of pandemics has grown due to human activities

Nature • 03 Jul

Temperature anomalies from March 19th to June 20th 2020. Red colours show areas that were hotter than average for the same period from 2003 to 2018. Image: EPA-EFE/NASA

Why is the Arctic warming faster than the rest of the world?

Climate Change • 29 Jun

I'm back, baby: a red squirrel in Killiney, Co Dublin. Photo: Michael Ryan/Luzy Desierdo

Game of cones: how the red squirrel is making a big comeback

Nature • 08 Oct

"Everybody should have access to these spaces within 2km of their homes. If this is not in place in the next few years, then we will have failed to learn from this pandemic." Photo: Kevin Lonergan

How we've rediscovered the natural world during the lockdown

Nature • 26 May

It's my garden now, bud. Photo: Tim Graham/Getty Images

Why the fox has moved into our cities

animals • 21 May

Smells like (microbial) team spirit

Here's why soil smells so good after it rains

Nature • 30 Apr

The fossilised skeleton of a dinosaur at the CAPPA research support centre for paleontology in Sao Joao do Polesine, Brazil. Photo: Carl De Souza/AFP via Getty Images

9 myths about dinosaurs

Dinosaurs • 10 Mar

The axoloti is a master regenerator who can rapidly grow a new fully-functional limb, complete with bones, muscle, nerves and skin

What animals can teach humans about regrowing body parts

Nature • 03 Mar

"Hives can be a hub for pests, such as the Varroa mite, and diseases like deformed wing virus (DWV)"

Why winter bees are more vulnerable than summer bees

Bees • 28 Nov 19

A solitary coral on Fanore beach, Co Clare. Photo: Anthea Lacchia

The strange creatures that lived in Ireland millions of years ago

Geology • 17 Dec 19

Branching out: will climate change mean the end of the line for the Blue Tit?

Is climate change making our birds extinct?

Climate Change • 29 Jul 19

"Based on the figure 8, the bee scout moves at an angle, waggles, reverses direction and waggles some more"

How bees use the waggle dance as Google Maps for pollen

Bees • 10 May 19

"If moral pressure is deemed not to be enough to help threatened habitats and species, such as the bee, should we impose new legal obligations?"

To bee or not to bee: can the law save the bee?

Bees • 03 May 19

The grey squirrel, one of Ireland's Top 10 unwanted species. Photo: Brian Keeley

Close encounters with Ireland's invasive species

Nature • 08 Apr 19

"In ancient times, rituals were held at this time to cleanse out old energy and welcome in the new."

Today's Spring Equinox: more light, less darkness

Nature • 20 Mar

"Other plants showed early seasonal change indicating an early arrival for spring, such as daffodils flowering in January"

Mild, cold mild, cold: is our spring weather confusing nature?

Nature • 29 Mar 19

"Sharks could reveal answers to tackle diseases causing pain and suffering to millions"

Could the great white shark's DNA hold a cure for cancer?

Sharks • 22 Feb 19

"One simple explanation is the need for warmth at night during the winter: the birds need to gather together at warmer sites and roost in close proximity just to stay alive." Photo: Menno Schaefer/ Shutterstock

The science behind starlings' spectacular acrobatics

Starlings • 12 Feb 19

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