Conservation
Plant Crime: Mini-Ecosystems Under Threat
Poaching in combination with loss of habitat poses a huge threat to populations of both plants and animals particularly endangered species including the coast redwood. […]
Conservation
Conservation
Scaling down a Scaly Conflict
Australia is well known to support a diverse and large fauna of potentially deadly animals, and when people think about Australia it is only natural to think about snakes. […]
Conservation
Fantastic Bats and how to Find Them – Promoting, preserving and attracting Irish Bats
Giving some information on our native flying mammals and tips on how to attract them to your doorstep. Amidst the current global pandemic, bats have been in the news quite a bit with the acquired […]
Conservation
The snakes are gone, but St. Patrick never got rid of the crocs! ECNM 2019
The snakes are gone, but St. Patrick never got rid of the crocs! European Crocodile Networking Meeting 2019 The fourth annual European Croc Networking Meeting (ECNM) has just come to an end. And as the […]
Conservation
The threats facing Hedgehogs, and some valuable advice from a Patron of the British Hedgehog Preservation Society
Britain’s favourite species, voted for by the public in 2013 was the hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus). Hedgehogs, characterized by their covering of protective spines and short dark legs, are an unmistakable sight over much of Europe, […]
Conservation
Turtley Awesome: My First exposure to Conservation Volunteering with the Barbados Sea Turtle Project
Brief background Before I even knew of the sea turtle project in Barbados, I already knew I loved turtles (I still have a poster hanging in my childhood home of turtles). I always knew that […]
Conservation
A “Tern” up for the books – Conservation success for Roseate Terns on Rockabill Island
The Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) is considered to be Europe’s rarest breeding sea bird by the EU LIFE project. These birds were driven to the brink of extinction in the 19th century due to exploitation […]
Conservation
Safeguarding our Ivory – what will it take?
Mikumi National Park – Tanzania, the elephant staggered and collapsed over in the tall grass in Southern Tanzania, where some of the world’s worst poaching happens. It wasn’t a poacher who targeted her, but a […]
Biodiversity
The Value of BioBlitz: My First Experience at Bluff Nature Reserve, South Durban.
A day or two before flying back to Durban I received an email from a colleague inviting me along to a Bioblitz from the 2nd to the 5th of September in Bluff Nature Reserve. I […]
Conservation
A plea from a wildlife warrior on behalf of another
Meet Shawn. Shawn is an American. But I won’t hold that against him. Because other than being an American, Shawn is a diehard wildlife warrior. Some of you out there might recognize Shawn from NatGeo’s […]
![The ash-back slug Limax cinereoniger is the largest slug on Earth and reaches a maximum body length of 20cm. The one pictured above is perhaps less than half of its potential size. Irish populations are listed as ‘Vulnerable’ to extinction under IUCN assessment criteria [5], with declines attributed to forestry practices. (Photo: Aidan O’Hanlon©)](https://bioweb.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/pic5-678x381.jpg)
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Defending the small and slimy
The worrying decline of many of Earths charismatic vertebrates has been reasonably well documented and highlighted by the popular media. Ecologists are acutely aware of the plight of beautiful animals such as polar bears, dolphins, […]
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Born(eo) to be Wild
Borneo; the world’s third largest island harbouring species rich rainforest, estimated to be at least 130 million years old, home to around 100 endemic animal species alongside 6000 endemic plant species. Yet still new species […]