The European Union Copernicus Climate Change Service has confirmed that 2025 was the third warmest year on record and that global temperatures from the past three years have averaged more than 1.5C above the pre-industrial levels.

Cycling has been a part of that good life in Copenhagen for decades. In recent years, it has enjoyed yet another unfathomable surge in popularity — taken to the next level thanks to constantly improvi...

From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.

A long-term experiment reveals tropical forests in Panama are able to adapt to droughts, but scientists warn this short-term "rescue strategy" is unlikely to save them from the impacts of climate chan...

2025 was the year climate scientists agreed it would be impossible to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

The bill to ban fox hunting in Ireland, proposed by People Before Profit-Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger, has been defeated in the Dáil.

Endangered species are being sold online with UK-based firms illegally supplying seahorses, a BBC investigation finds.

Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

A new report has found that 90% of Ireland's EU-protected habitats are in 'unfavourable' conservation status, with 51% showing deteriorating trends across their national ranges.

People across the island want clean beaches, pristine lakes and rivers - and both governments are catastrophically failing

Trees may look still and silent, but they’re engaged in a constant, complex dialogue—through air, soil, and even electricity.

Rewilding charity helps bolster Scottish stronghold of species that once came close to extinction in UK

Comment & Analysis: To be clear: The Road Safety Authority isn't seeking divine protection of our roads. But the approach it takes of pleading with drivers to obey the law, its apparent inability to accept modern road safety research, and its focus on ineffective solutions are issues that too many people still overlook. But, worse of all, are the glaring errors it keeps making in its reports and other output, which make me feel it's just a few steps removed from county councillors who want roads blessed as if that's going to have any impact on collisions.

The Government is set to introduce emergency legislation to fast-track key projects through the planning process under a plan Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers will outline to the Cabinet.

The world's top wildlife trade organisation increased protections today for more than 70 species of sharks and rays, in a move conservationists hailed as a "historical win".

In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing

Every ten minutes last year a woman somewhere in the world was killed by a person close to her, the United Nations has said, as it decried a lack of progress in the battle against femicide.

The Irish Farmers' Association has said an investigation carried out by the Irish Farmers Journal in Brazil undermines arguments by the European Commission that the EU-Mercosur trade deal should be ap...

Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment