Wild and free: red deer grazing for conservation
Annabel Smith and Jana Eccard on research by Riesch et al that shows how red deer grazing can help manage biodiverse areas.
The Story of the K’Gari (Fraser Island) Dingoes
From my time exploring New Zealand and Australia last year, seeing Dingoes on K’Gari was definitely the most goosebump-inducing experience! K’Gari, also known by the colonial name of Fraser Island, is the largest sand island in the world. K’Gari is a word from the local Aboriginal people’s language that means “paradise”.
Modern Women in Science: Eugenie “The Shark Lady” Clark
PhD student Jenny Bortoluzzi is inspired by an icon of Marine Biology, Eugenie Clark aka “The Shark Lady”.
Is a seal cull needed to protect fish stocks?
Fishermen and politicians have been calling on the Irish government to initiate a seal cull. Fionn Ó Marcaigh examines the evidence.
Eco Evo’s 2nd Annual Photography Competition
Photos have been submitted, votes have been cast, and we are now ready to announce the winner of the Eco Evo Photo Competition! Read on to view the whole gallery of entered photos, with the winner at the end. It was brilliant to receive so many great entries, on such varied subjects. This gallery is …
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Medieval Zoology
From pelicans to shrews to barnacle geese, the medieval zoologists had some very strange ideas about animals. Fionn Ó Marcaigh delves into what used to pass for science.
Searching for Musk Oxen in Dovrefjell, Norway
Last July, a friend and I went on a wild camping road trip around southern Norway. The highlight was definitely seeing musk oxen (Ovibos moschatus) in Dovrefjell. Spending a couple of days watching and photographing these animals in the wild was an experience I’ll never forget.
From Worms to Wildfire: Natural Sciences at PROBE 2018
On the evening of Friday the 28th of September, the event known as PROBE took place in Front Square. Part of European Researchers’ Night, PROBE was described by organisers as “a free public pop-up festival showcasing the diverse range of academic research taking place in Dublin”. No event on Dublin research would be complete without …
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Delicious Cuscus
Studying island bird biogeography in the tropics for my PhD has presented me with many weird and wonderful opportunities. None more so than accidentally becoming a mammologist along the way. My study region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, is home to the westernmost marsupial species in Asia, the Cuscus. Cuscus are like marsupial sloths, living life in …
What’s in a name?
Many linguists, psychologists, and anthropologists have discussed the concept of linguistic relativity: the relationship between the language a person speaks and the way that person thinks and views the world. As the primary language of the people of Ireland up until the 19th century, the Irish language (aka Gaeilge or sometimes Gaelic) is the repository of …