Claiming of the shrew: False widow spider eats mammal Ongoing research into an invasive species of spider has found it preying on a pygmy shrew. Regional • 21 Feb
Killer whale mothers 'pay high price' for raising sons Raising sons is an exhausting experience that leaves killer whale mothers less likely to produce more offspring, a new study suggests. Environment • 09 Feb
RTÉ pays tribute to Duncan Stewart as Eco Eye ends RTÉ has announced that Eco Eye, the TV series which reported on the all-important issues of environmental and sustainability, is to end after 21 seasons … Television • 08 Feb
Record 55,000 deer killed in Ireland in one year More than 55,000 deer were killed by hunters in Ireland during the year to February 2022, according to figures released by the Irish Deer Commission. Ireland • 01 Feb
Study warns global warming on track to cross 2C Global warming is on track to cross 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial averages in the next decade, which will happen regardless of how much greenhouse … Environment • 31 Jan
Ireland to be referred to EU court over water directive The European Commission will refer Ireland to the European Court of Justice for failing to correctly transpose the Water Framework Directive into Irish law - … Ireland • 26 Jan
EU proposes moves to reverse decline in bee populations The European Union has announced proposals to try to reverse an "alarming decline" in the number of bees - and other insects that pollinate the … World • 24 Jan
Star visibility eroding as night sky brightens - study Light pollution is growing rapidly and in some places the number of stars visible to the naked eye in the night sky is being reduced … World • 20 Jan
ExxonMobil dismissed own global warming forecast: study ExxonMobil publicly downplayed climate change even though scientists for the oil giant had accurately predicted global warming from fossil fuels as far back as the … World • 13 Jan
Tobacco firms to partly pay for clean-up of butts New government legislation which comes into force on Thursday means tobacco companies will now have to pay for part of the clean-up costs resulting from … Ireland • 02 Jan
Canadian polar bear population declining fast - study Polar bears are disappearing fast from the Western part of Hudson Bay, on the southern tip of the Canadian Arctic, according to a new government … World • 24 Dec 22
Updated climate plan 'charts way forward' - Taoiseach Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said Ireland can become energy independent within a generation or less and that this generation should be the one that turns … Climate Change • 21 Dec 22
