# nature - Saturday 18 June, 2022
# Nature
# Nature
Author John Connell writes about how a canoe trip in lockdown showed him the importance of the country’s waterways.
# nature - Monday 18 April, 2022
# Help Them Out
# Help Them Out
Paul Handrick charts the story of that one bee you hear tapping at the window to get out, and he asks us to help her escape.
# nature - Saturday 26 March, 2022
# Biodiversity
# Biodiversity
Paul Handrick has some helpful advice for keeping queen bumblebees alive if you see them in trouble.
# nature - Saturday 19 February, 2022
# Ring-necked Parakeets
# Ring-necked Parakeets
The birds have been spotted in Griffith Park in Drumcondra.
# nature - Wednesday 2 February, 2022
# Emergency
# Emergency
Campaigners have been waiting for the assembly to be called since a biodiversity emergency was declared in 2019.
# nature - Saturday 1 January, 2022
# Lough Rea
# Lough Rea
The male bird was first observed yesterday morning by the National Parks and Wildlife Services warden.
# nature - Monday 20 December, 2021
# Shear Force
Huge crackdown on illegal cutting during bird nesting season over the past two years, writes Niall Sargent of Noteworthy Since 2020, the wildlife service has taken as many cases to court as it did between 2010 and 2019 Over €45,000 was paid by guilty parties in fines, costs and donations to charities this year alone
# nature - Tuesday 12 October, 2021
# Nature
This planned Citizens' Assembly is currently "under discussion at a senior level" between two government departments. Environmentalists have said it's "frustrating" to still be awaiting a timeline for the assembly. Ireland declared a climate and biodiversity emergency in 2019.
# nature - Friday 8 October, 2021
# Cash Cow
# Cash Cow
Farm subsidies to protect biodiversity need to be channelled into results-led projects.
# nature - Saturday 4 September, 2021
# Red List
# Red List
About 28% of the 138,000 species assessed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature are now at risk of vanishing.
# nature - Saturday 28 August, 2021
# Biodiversity
# Biodiversity
Ireland’s overall spending on biodiversity protection is also under internationally-accepted levels.
# nature - Friday 27 August, 2021
# Endangered Species
A host of iconic Irish species and habitats are under threat, writes Niall Sargent in first part of Noteworthy's investigation into biodiversity loss Virtually none of our protected nature areas have management plans An expert forum has labelled the State as the “biggest transgressor of environmental law in Ireland”
# nature - Saturday 24 April, 2021
# Ah Petal
# Ah Petal
Test your knowledge.
# nature - Saturday 17 April, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
The biologist and writer shares an extract from his book Entangled Life.
# nature - Thursday 15 April, 2021
# Nature
# Nature
One in four birds is now on the so-called red list.
# nature - Monday 22 February, 2021
# Shear Force
# Shear Force
Noteworthy finds biodiversity in a battle with some farming practices – and a low level of accountability demanded by the Department of Agriculture.
# Shear Force
# Shear Force
Noteworthy discovers rich hedgerow resource cut back by local authorities during bird nesting season.
# nature - Thursday 10 September, 2020
# Nature
# Nature
Charity WWF is calling for national laws to stop the impact of human activity on nature.
# nature - Tuesday 1 September, 2020
# Good Eyes
# Good Eyes
The photos come from the almost 50,000 entries to the Natural History Museum’s competition.
# nature - Saturday 25 April, 2020
# Biodiversity
# Biodiversity
The council said that many parks, and all playgrounds, are now chemical-free.
# nature - Tuesday 11 June, 2019
# Nature
# Nature
A new study has found that plant extinction is occurring up to 500 times faster than ‘natural’ rates.
# nature - Friday 24 May, 2019
# Bee On The Lookout
# Bee On The Lookout
The survey is the first of its kind in Europe.
# nature - Monday 6 May, 2019
# Extinction
# Extinction
Over one million animal and plant species are now at risk of extinction.
# nature - Sunday 21 April, 2019
# Photography
# Photography
The contest carries a $7,500 first prize.
# nature - Sunday 31 March, 2019
# Photography
# Photography
Entries are still being accepted.
# nature - Saturday 9 March, 2019
# Nature
# Nature
The petition wants councils to stop cutting down trees in public spaces without informing the public.
# nature - Saturday 9 February, 2019
# Laws Of Attraction
# Laws Of Attraction
Male butterflies show a preference for females that have similar markings.
# nature - Saturday 8 December, 2018
# Column
# Column
I was honoured to be asked to shoot a music video for artist David Rooney, best known for his unique illustrations, I didn’t realise he had a hidden talent as a singer, writes Donal Moloney.
# nature - Thursday 29 November, 2018
# Nature
# Nature
A three-year survey of the duck-billed animal suggested its numbers had fallen by 30%.
# nature - Tuesday 20 November, 2018
# Penguin
# Penguin
No, not the chocolate bars – real penguins. Author Rob Maguire explains.
# Dynasties
# Dynasties
The decision broke a principle of nature film-making to observe but not interfere.
# nature - Thursday 26 July, 2018
# Borneo
# Borneo
At least 18 pygmy elephants have been killed in the region since April.
# nature - Friday 1 June, 2018
# Kilauea
# Kilauea
“It can’t get hotter than where we are,” said a scientist from the US Geological Survey.
# nature - Sunday 29 April, 2018
# Travel
# Travel
Photographers are competing for a top prize of $10,000.
# nature - Saturday 14 April, 2018
# We're Doomed
# We're Doomed
Research into certain extinct crustaceans shows the more energy put into creating larger sexual organs, the more likely the species might cease to exist.
# nature - Saturday 3 March, 2018
# Misunderstood
# Misunderstood
A group of scientists spent several weeks diving with whale sharks in the Galapagos Islands.
# nature - Saturday 13 January, 2018
# Get Out
# Get Out
Come with us, on a walk through Dublin’s Botanic Gardens.
# nature - Saturday 16 December, 2017
# Sold
# Sold
The giant skeleton was bought by the chief executive of a French waterproofing company whose logo is of the prehistoric mammal.
# San Francisco
# San Francisco
A sea lion bit a man in the groin area yesterday as he swam in the waters.
# nature - Sunday 12 November, 2017
# National Geographic
# National Geographic
National Geographic is looking for the nature photographer of the year.
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