QUB and Ulster University-backed study surveyed children and teens on proposals to bring back predators and rebalance ...

A temporary control zone is in place as vets investigate the first suspected case of bluetongue virus on the island of ...

The earliest directly dated wildcat (Felis silvestris) ever found in Ireland has been identified, confirming the species ...

A 20km temporary control zone was put in place by The Department of, Environment and Rural Affairs on Saturday.

Through a wonderful wild year, Eoin Warner explores the magical otherworld of the Burren, camping, diving and trekking to its ...

ATU researchers discovered the 5,500-year-old wildcat in a cave in Clare, marking a breakthrough in understanding Ireland’s prehistoric wildlife.

In the heart of County Kerry lies a land of contrasts, where rare ferns and moss blanket lush valleys of ancient forests, which meet freshwater lakes backed by sandstone peaks. Mysterious medieval ...

December 2017 is the last month when wild animals in circuses can legally be shown to Irish audiences. Michael Creed, Ireland's Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has signed regulations ...

Travel back with me a few hundred years before the industrial revolution, and the wildlife of Britain and Ireland looks very different indeed. Take orcas: While there are now less than ten left in ...

Members of the public have been asked not to touch sick or dead wild birds which they might come across at the popular Lough Wildlife Sanctuary in Cork city following an outbreak of avian influenza.

Northern Ireland has the UK’s lowest rate of on-farm inspections to ensure the welfare of animals, new data has shown, ...