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Celebrating Women in Science - Sharing the story of Ellen Hutchins, Ireland's first female botanist (1785 - 1815)

Learn about the fascinating plants that live on Iveragh's blanket bogs.

Learn about Iveragh's unique blanket bogs, how they shape the Irish landscape and are vitally important for biodiversity.

Read about pioneer marine biologist Maude Delap and her study of the science of plankton

Bringing back meadows to a historic meteorological observatory. Calum Sweeney and Fiach Byrne Figure 1. Westwood house at Valentia...

Jellyfish might not be the most charismatic ocean animals, but they are a natural and important part of life in the Celtic and Irish Sea

Plankton refers to the multitudes of living creatures which drift and float throughout the oceans. Read all about this fascinating species.

I’ve always had a fascination with the strange and unknown. It’s what drew me to study marine biology. The fact that world’s oceans....

Thanks to the cult series ‘Flipper’, most people are familiar with bottlenose dolphins.

Minke whales are the smallest whale species in Irish waters, growing between 8.5 and 10m long. 

Probably one of the easiest dolphins to identify, common dolphins have a slender, streamlined body shape with a narrow beak.

... or in short – cetaceans – are marine mammals that have adapted to a life exclusively in the water.

Late Autumn in Kerry is a rewarding time for the mushroom forager – winter chanterelles, hedgehog mushrooms and wood blewits among the...

As I sit down to write this, the COP26 climate summit is underway in Glasgow. Hundreds of diplomats from around the world have assembled - f

Each year, Heritage Week kicks off on the third weekend of August and runs until the end of the following weekend. Many national and...

By Fiach Byrne and Ben Porter Red-billed Chough - Cág cosdearg - Brân goesgoch - Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax What does the name mean? The...

Celebrating World Otter Day with otters from Ireland and Wales

I still remember the very first time I saw a one. I was around 6 years old. It was on the little boreen next to my family home in Killarney.

Hi everyone! My name is Soli and I’m a researcher who specialises in Public Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PPGIS)