2+ hour, 36+ min ago   (885+ words) I like to think of lichens as an enduring, intense love story between a fungus and an algae. Photograph: iStock The lichen test: what these colonies tell us about the health of a habitat lichens can survive nearly everything " even…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (420+ words) Given he single-handedly saved Fianna F'il from political extinction what seems like aeons ago, Taoiseach Mich'al Martin was perhaps an apposite choice to open University College Cork's spectacular new exhibition, Domain of the Dinosaurs at its Glucksman gallery. So, did…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (231+ words) Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur with an "eye-catching sail" along its back and tail that may have been used to attract mates. The iguanodontian dinosaur, whose fossils were found on the Isle of Wight, was identified by…...

11+ mon, 20+ hour ago   (603+ words) A US hunting influencer who shared video of herself snatching a baby wombat away from its mother is being investigated for a potential breach of her Australian visa. The footage, with scenes described as "callous" by the RSPCA and "pretty…...