The Asian Hornet poses a growing threat to Ireland’s honeybees and other pollinators. After Ireland’s first confirmed sighting in Dublin in 2021, the first nest was found and destroyed in Cork four...
A fascinating video from listener Valerie Webster captures the rarely seen sight of two Red-tailed Bumblebees mating in her garden. On tonight’s programme, we explore what this intriguing behaviour reveals about the...
Barn Owls have declined sharply in Ireland, but conservation efforts are helping their numbers recover. Terry Flanagan visits a Kildare farm where BirdWatch Ireland nest boxes provide breeding sites. He meets ringer...
Tonight, following our Nature On One documentary on Roger Casement, Eric Dempsey meets Dr Aidan O’Hanlon at Dublin’s Natural History Museum. In an extended interview, they explore Casement’s remarkable natural history collection,...
Listener Anne Collins writes in after seeing hundreds of ladybirds around the base of Mount Etna in Sicily, covering footpaths and even clothes outside shops. Locals told her this happens every year...
Éanna Ní Lamhna is unusually lively tonight, having seen Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. She’s blown away by the film, starring Matt Damon as Odysseus on his journey home to Ithaca after the...
Mooney Goes Wild listener George captured remarkable footage of an adult great spotted woodpecker feeding its youngster in his Monaghan garden. The species has spread rapidly across Ireland in recent years. George...
Tonight, we remember Bill Oddie by ending with The Funky Gibbon. From The Goodies to Springwatch, he inspired generations with his humour, love of birds and passion for conservation. Fittingly, the song...
The Curlew is the star of a new bilingual graphic novel helping young people understand climate change and biodiversity loss. Chasing The Curlew's Call, created by UCC and Met Éireann, uses storytelling...
Ireland's curlew population has plummeted, but an ambitious conservation project is offering new hope. Twenty 'headstarted' chicks, hatched from eggs flown in from Yorkshire, were reared at Dublin Zoo before being released...
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