Passengers stranded for hours after train hits herd of deer
Passengers travelling from Cork to Dublin Heuston on Saturday evening were left stranded for hours after their train…
Wild blacktip sharks can hear sounds from nearly 250 feet away and pinpoint where they come from; Florida experiments reveal how the predators locate sound underwater
The study also points to the importance of behavioural experiments in the natural environment. Sound does not behave…
Tell us: have foxes caused friction among neighbours where you live? | Animals
Have foxes in your area caused friction between you and your neighbours? If so, we want to hear…
Snakes, bobcats, mountain lions: the secret animal world beneath the Hollywood sign | Los Angeles
Atop Mount Lee, in the heart of Los Angeles, the wind is quiet. Two red-tailed hawks sail above,…
Unusual senses: the secret superpowers of amphibians and reptiles
The Surinam toad is one of the strangest frogs on Earth. Flat-bodied, tiny-eyed and adapted to the murky…
Do hibernating animals need to go to the loo?
Lots of animals hibernate. Hedgehogs hunker down, dormice curl up in a ball, and bats take to their…
In 2025, Spain cleared invasive minnows from two mountain lakes in the Pyrenees; 10 months later, amphibians and aquatic invertebrates were back
Some mountain lakes in Spain are getting a second life. According to the Centre for Advanced Studies of…
“She just rocketed through and then it was over,” says Nat Geo filmmaker on first-ever underwater camera footage of great white shark ripping prey from fishing line at Cape Cod
A National Geographic filmmaker has captured footage clearly showing great white shark depredation – the act of stealing…
Drivers in Kerry warned to be extra vigilant for deer on roads as rutting season underway
Drivers in Kerry are being warned to be extra vigilant for deer on the roads as stags are…
Dear Éanna, have I spotted a penguin in Portmarnock? – The Irish Times
I spotted this bird on Portmarnock shores in mid-September. By any chance is this a South African penguin?…
After goats were removed in the 1990s and cats in 2001, Klein Curacao island restored native plants, helping nine bird species breed by 2022 | World News
Klein Curacao, a flat 130-hectare coral island about 10 km southeast of Curacao, was left bare by guano…
Country diary 1951: Grey squirrels are doing serious damage to the trees | Wildlife
HEREFORD: I often see the white owl in the early morning mist, skimming over the grass in search…