Bill Oddie: Wildlife presenter and Goodies star dies aged 85
Bill Oddie found fame in the 1970s as a member of comic trio The Goodies
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How can I encourage more moths to visit my garden?
Butterflies may be more colourful but moths bring their own special magic
Looking after our hedgerows will look after our farms, nature and climate
Older farmers tell of regrets at being encouraged to remove hedgerows under misguided policies
Nature’s climate controllers help city-dwellers cope with rising heat
Trees ‘sweat’ so that people don’t have to
This very large fly has been hanging around my garden. Does it bite humans?
Éanna Ní Lamhna answers your queries on horseflies, thunderworms and busy bees
I sowed a lot of greens but they’ve spiked - have they bolted?
Readers’ questions: Most of my plants now have tall spikes of leaves which taste off
We need creative help to understand and reverse human-induced climate change
Artists can be shape-shifters of cultural norms, as they are not afraid to push against the status quo and stimulate behaviour change
A devastating disease is spreading among Irish songbirds
Songbirds hit by a contagious infection are being found dead on bird tables and in gardens after last-gasp efforts to feed
This snail is not a lad, or indeed a lassie. Garden snails are all hermaphrodite
Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna
‘They’re meant to be there’: Expert urges calm over jellyfish ‘smacks’ seen off Irish coast
Large congregations of jellyfish are normal, marine biologist says, despite social media buzz
‘Our lives have changed unimaginably’: The people who quit city life for rural Ireland
Families who moved from city life share the freedoms, challenges and surprises of building a new life in the countryside
This unexpected visitor crashed my daughter’s post-Leaving Cert party
Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna answers your queries on woodwasps, butterworts and more
Embattled hen harrier clings on - but its future is far from certain
Once-common bird of prey is at the centre of tensions over land use for farming and forestry
This beautiful orchid is growing in our suburban front lawn
Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna
Where is the logic in reducing Ireland’s hedgerows to ecological deserts?
Such destruction should be regarded as an ecological emergency, not routine maintenance
Something is happening in the underwater world of Irish kelp
As well as being like a supermarket for deeper-water species, fragments can also carry carbon into deeper water, where it stays out of the atmosphere
Ireland’s Greenest Places: Community is the catalyst that can create change
Shining a light on people working together to protect and restore our natural enviromnent is a key function of this year’s competition
Sculptural evergreens, ferns and grasses to add drama to urban gardens
Small city gardens are akin to theatrical stages just waiting for the right props to set the tone
Hare coursing should not need to be debated, just ended
If ever there was a case for a conscience vote in the Dáil, this is it
The Irish herbalists finding new purpose in ancient remedies
There is a growing movement of people reviving the ancient Irish healing tradition of an bean feasa
I was surprised to see this visitor on my evening river walk
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Gordon D’Arcy’s Birdstyle breaks the mould by mixing natural science with imaginative art
Six decades of birdwatching, drawing, writing and sharing and the author’s passion still shines through in new book
The source of much of our ecocide is ironic: food production
We create food to sustain us, while systematically destroying the environment that sustains us
Watch the birdy: Public asked to track ‘Irish’ cuckoos’ epic migration to Africa
Killarney’s ‘Cuach Cores’ among cuckoos undertaking journey from Ireland as far as Democratic Republic of Congo
It is time guidelines were put in place to help cat owners
I agree with licensing cats in the same manner as dogs
How a stalled Dublin development became an accidental bird reserve
Lapwings are the biggest beneficiaries, along with meadow pipits, skylarks and amber-listed ringed plovers, almost unheard of for Dublin. But it cannot last
Well-meaning wedding present of grey squirrels causing problems a century later
New all-island efforts aim to halt the spread of damaging non-native species before they become permanent residents
Habitat destruction in Ireland almost doubles without any increase in prosecutions
Figures raise questions over staffing levels in National Parks and Wildlife Service, says TD
‘I remain a country boy at heart despite spending my twenties and thirties in the city’
Living in Kenmare I have rediscovered the joy and peace I felt at my grandparents’ country cottage
Ireland’s hedgehogs are counting on public to help out with a prickly problem
Hedgehog Conservation Ireland has been set up to assess population numbers and take action
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