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Celebrating Women in Science - Sharing the story of Ellen Hutchins, Ireland's first female botanist (1785 - 1815)

Learn about Iveragh's unique blanket bogs, how they shape the Irish landscape and are vitally important for biodiversity.

Bringing back meadows to a historic meteorological observatory. Calum Sweeney and Fiach Byrne Figure 1. Westwood house at Valentia...

Jellyfish might not be the most charismatic ocean animals, but they are a natural and important part of life in the Celtic and Irish Sea

In 2022, National Biodiversity Week Ireland runs from Friday 13th to Sunday 22nd of May.

I’ve always had a fascination with the strange and unknown. It’s what drew me to study marine biology. The fact that world’s oceans....

The Harbour porpoise is much smaller than any other cetacean found in Welsh and Irish waters.

The ESPON TOURISM Project aims to increase our understanding of the carrying capacity for tourism on the Iveragh Peninsula

Probably one of the easiest dolphins to identify, common dolphins have a slender, streamlined body shape with a narrow beak.

Late Autumn in Kerry is a rewarding time for the mushroom forager – winter chanterelles, hedgehog mushrooms and wood blewits among the...

Learn more about Iveragh's fascinating geology by joining us on one of our free weekend talks and fieldtrip sessions

Our bats begin to appear in our landscapes in spring, emerging from their winter hibernacula – often a cave, hidden hollow in a tree...

The Rook (Rúcach) and the Jackdaw (Cág) are two very social species of crow.

Month by month guide to the dark skies of the Kerry International Dark Sky Reserve