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AGENDA, STYLE

My Start-Up Story: One Cork woman’s quest to protect honey bees through tech, one hive at a time

Fiona Edwards Murphy had never been stung by a bee when she started her research in UCC. Since…

By Caitríona McBride

EDITORIAL

Shazam for birdsong, nest-cams and virtual Chelsea Flower show; we’ve Mother Nature covered

The coronavirus pandemic might be giving us unmeasurable anxiety and grief, but the good news is that nature…

By Lucy White

BEES

EDITORIAL

‘If the bees die, so do we’: The apocalyptic reality of bee extinction

Today is International #BiodiversityDay. Here we look at the worrying impact bee extinction could have on humankind... Did…

By Geraldine Carton

Our Planet

EDITORIAL

Watch: New David Attenborough documentary to launch on Netflix this Friday

It may only be Monday but we are already thinking about our Friday night plans. This week we…

By Edaein OConnell

Polar bears

EDITORIAL

Hungry polar bears forced to seek food in human settlements

We’ve all heard the polar ice caps are melting. Experts have been saying it for years. But now,…

By Grace McGettigan

EDITORIAL

BBC nature team defends decision to break protocol to save mother and baby penguins

A BBC nature documentary team has defended their decision to build a ramp to help save a group of…

By Jennifer McShane

EDITORIAL

60% of the world’s wildlife has been wiped out since 1970

A new report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has detailed the extent of the damage humans have…

By Erin Lindsay

Pacific Ocean Cleanup

EDITORIAL

24-year-old launches project to clean 50,000 tonnes of plastic from Pacific Ocean

Plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental issues of our time, with up to 2.41 metric tonnes…

By Grace McGettigan

Plastic pollution, gannets in Kerry

EDITORIAL

Irish birds are using plastic to build their nests as pollution worsens

Conservation officers have raised concern over the level of plastic pollution off the coast of County Kerry, particularly…

By Grace McGettigan