Killing a wolf now triggers a fine instead of a bounty. This is a matter of solidarity & civilization, I suggest in this blog on 'Dutch wolves and the rule of law', on the Tilburg Law School 'Constitutionalizing in the Anthropocene' site ⚖️🐺👉 constitutionalizing-anthropocene.org/dutch-wolves-a… (📷 S. Scholten)

This is big news. For once, a national park is at the centre of an ambitious rewilding initiative, 1,000ha in all, that puts nature first. Once again Donegal is in the vanguard. Eyes now on the other NPs to up their game! irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/outd…

Stunning transformation of the bottom of Lake Michigan by colonies of quagga mussels. These are invasive ecosystem engineers. (Photo by Harvey Bootsma, UW-Milwaukee)

White form of Bugle for #wildflowerhour not one I've seen very often.

Wild horses, keep dragging me away (from the work I was supposed to do, as I am now reading this paper)

Pádraic Fogarty Thanks for covering this Pádraic. For anyone interested in further information, the Glenveagh National Park Woodland Management Strategy is available at nationalparks.ie/app/uploads/20…

Friends of the Irish Environment are challenging in the High Court the EPA's withholding of the names of 28 chemicals being discharged by pharmaceutical company Dunboyne Biologics into the public sewerage system.

AIMS Registration is now CLOSED! Due to unprecedented demand, we have SOLD OUT! It's shaping up to be a great symposium! We will be sharing programme shortly! Keep an eye on our website; sites.google.com/view/aims2024/…

My eye was caught by this combination of colours and shapes - common orange lichen (Xanthoria parietina) with apothecia visible beside berries on a branch of a hawthorn tree (Crataegus monogyna) - on the Findhorn Hinterland today.

Here we go folks! The full and exciting line-up of talks for the 5th All-Ireland Mammal Symposium being held jointly by ATU Galway City and Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway Oct 4th-5th. Looking forward to seeing you all there for all things mammals!

Looking forward to this, what a great line up! 🐾

Join Clodagh Doyle, Keeper of Irish Folklife at NMI Country Life, as she discusses the creation of the Murmur of Bees exhibition. Talks by curators Aidan O'Hanlon (Entomology) & Tiernan Gaffney (Folklife) explore bees' impact on nature, folklore, and art youtu.be/0iXsNc5zTTs