I picked up one of these over fifty years ago and it fueled a career in palaeontology. Mind blowing that corals lived on the floor of a shallow sea that stretched to Moscow, with Ireland south of the equator, when there were more days in the year because earth was spinning faster

She knows her animals, and she makes great artworks such as this print of the species that used to roam Ireland in the past

Erm, they're called palaeontologists, actually.

Awesome view from Artemis II this morning.

Happy 30th birthday to the National Print Museum in Dublin, an excellent place with great cafe #SpeirGorm www.nationalprintmuseum.ie www.newsfour.ie/2026/04/the-...

Volume 42: Winkler et al. highlight the value and potential of land-based whale watching: the example of the Iveragh peninsula. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Marine

Amazing photo of extremely rare Irish insect, sound on.

A golden mailbox in Killarney, Co. Kerry, hometown of #Oscars2026 winner Jessie Buckley #PostboxSaturday #Hamnet

Volume 42: Minchin et al. investigate fouling on small North Atlantic drift seeds on a Kerry Beach. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Botany #Marine

Every week, a mystery animal. Many of them from the collections of the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History

The upcoming Killarney National Park Spring School (Apr 10-12) is free & open to all! There's a lovely line up to connect you to your landscape, biodiversity & heritage. Including a talk my me 🙋‍♂️ Step into Spring 2026 by Killarney National Park Education Centre | details👇 share.google/coPIQxWRILTX...

Yesterday our Botanical Skills Northern Ireland Team practiced how to use underwater drones to collect under-recorded aquatic plant specimens! The drone will also be used for our @bsbiireland.bsky.social #AquaticPlantProject & we hope to raise money for a 2nd drone to survey Scottish lochs.

Last call for applications to the LinneSys research fund! These grants of up to £1,500 support research in the field of systematics and taxonomy. The deadline is midnight on Friday 27 March. If you need any help, contact [email protected]. buff.ly/8eryOMN

Rathlin Island off Ireland’s northeast coast in now pest free, great news for nesting birds

Dead Zoo in Blue is a project by Ishmael Claxton who has spent a couple of years following the project to decant the Natural History Museum in Dublin @nmireland.bsky.social Book launch in The Library Project in Temple Bar where you can also see his photographs on display. Photo: Ishmael Claxton

I find this hard to believe. You hardly see a deer in the wild in Wales let alone exploding ones. The noise, and mess, would give them away. And why are they exploding in the first place? So many questions... 🦌🦌🦌💣💣💣

Frogs are amazing cold-blooded amphibians, living in water and on land, metamorphosing from eggs to tadpoles to frogs Over 50% of Ireland’s amphibian wetlands have been lost in the past 100 years. Supporting wetlands & pond creation can help. Free pond resources: www.antaisce.org/ponds-for-bi...

Today,20th of March, is World Frog Day. It aims to highlight the importance of these amazing creatures and their amphibious friends in nature's intricate web of life. Protecting these small creatures is a vital step in preserving the broader biodiversity of our wetlands all over the world.

The Cliffs of Moher in Spring sunshine and shade. County Clare, Ireland. Cormacscoast.com walking tours

Volume 42: Kane and Sweeney examine Water boatmen (Corixidae) in County Cork: species, habitats and use in biological water quality assessment. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #IrishNaturalistsJournal #Zoology #Entomology

Happy St Patrick’s Day from #Ireland where the only Irish snakes are in museum jars. These are escaped pets. Full story in the link #StPatricksDay www.museum.ie/en-ie/collec...

Dolores Keane, ‘distinctive’ Irish folk singer, dies aged 72

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 290 In late summer new #bumblebee queens mate before hibernating. The queen stores the sperm collected in her body until she chooses how to use it the following year. This choice determines the sex of her offspring. #bees #nature #science #insects

Ireland has an extensive network of field boundaries known as hedgerows but corporate interests want wide open spaces. Good to see a meaningful response in court for destroying 1.5 km of hedgerows, but no restoration for wildlife #SpeirGorm jrnl.ie/6984210

“Opening a standalone women's museum in Ireland in 2026 risks reinforcing separation at a time when integration should be the goal” one of many issues worth discussing before an abandoned failed visitor centre in Limerick is turned into a ‘women’s museum’ www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... #SpeirGorm

Here's an awesome natural history humanities PhD opportunity, working with Cambridge University Library & our insect & archive collections here at @zoologymuseum.bsky.social, exploring the links between entomology, life writing & environmental change. Please share! www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...

Typical diesel price in Ireland today $8.78 per gallon (€1.979 per litre) which is up only 10% on last few months. Not unusual in Europe @gasprices.bsky.social

The National Museum of Ireland seeks applications from suitable candidates to fill the post of Design Studio Manager (HEO). This is a two-year fixed term contract position. Closing 13 March, €59k www.museum.ie/en-ie/about/...

Great job in museum conservation in Dublin with an internationally renowned art collection

Spring in Ireland brings out the insects but they’re safe from this giant anteater collected by H. Julatson in Chiriquí Province, Panama. Acquired 1904 from William Rosenberg, a London dealer. Taxidermy by Rowland Ward of London. National Museum of Ireland - Natural History @nmireland.bsky.social

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 284 Bee vision is trichromatic. They perceive three colours of light - green/blue/ultraviolet (and combinations of). Humans, primates and some new world monkeys are also trichromats but our three colours are blue/green/red! #bees #nature #science

The Steve Wing Memorial Bursary is designed to help 18-25 year olds stay at Cape Clear Observatory in Co. Cork, with support training, mentorship and direct experience in the fields of ornithology and ecology. Closes 31 March @birdwatchireland.bsky.social birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/cap...

We are currently hiring for a range of #seabird jobs at @birdwatchireland.bsky.social , with a deadline of 22nd March. If you'd like to join our Seabird team this summer see birdwatchireland.ie/get-involved...

Irish hedgerows are protected by an annual ban on cutting from 1 March to support nesting birds. These European Robins from Crumlin, Dublin are countryside birds from 1902 and a tin can will do. National Museum of Ireland - Natural History @nmireland.bsky.social #SpeirGorm

Volume 42: Roden et al. review old maps and new records of Killarney Fern, Beech Fern and filmy ferns in the Slieve Aughty Mountains. Subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #INJCentenary #Botany #Pteridology

Interesting project looking into a great fossil collector based in Norfolk and his earliest ice age bones, some of which are now in Dublin

We were delighted to collaborate again with #uccbees for their Visual Representations of Biological Control module. Exploring collection works engaged with nature, students produced visual responses to their studies in plant pathology. Click through to see some of their works! #CrawfordArtGallery

A frog had his DNA tested. It came back that he was part Irish, part German and a tad Pole.

Volume 42: Ryan et al. reveal the scale of Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) fishing in Ireland from 1947–1987. Read more—subscribe at irishnaturalistsjournal.org #INJCentenary #Zoology #Sharks #BaskingShark #Science

Come to #Dublin and immerse yourself in a wonderful eighteenth century library

The RIA's Archaeology Research Grants and Radiocarbon dates schemes are open to applications from now until 25 March. Archaeologists and archaeology students (undergrad, postgrad, PhD) who wants to carry out research based in Ireland (including NI) can apply: www.ria.ie/2026/02/12/w...

Delighted that Dorothy Cross is now a ‘Saoi’ which is Ireland’s highest honour for an artist. It means ‘wise one’ and is reserved for a maximum of seven creative artists in an ancient tradition. Her work often draws inspiration from nature, she is a deep thinker and a joy to work with. #SpeirGorm

Nominations are now OPEN for the Edward Forbes Prize! 🏆 We’re celebrating outstanding contributions by early career researchers in taxonomic and systematic palaeontology 🦴🌍 Know someone shaping the future of the field? Nominate them today! #Palaeontology #EarlyCareerResearch #Taxonomy

Q: How do you get a 🦛 hippo out of a museum? A: Very, very carefully. 👀 Go behind the scenes with Anna Massignan to see how thousands of specimens were safely moved during the Dead Zoo decant. 👉: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec... #NaturalHistory #MuseumLife #Museumology #NaturalHistory #NMIBlog

Volume 42 – Stephen Heery explores Ronald Mathias Lockley (1903-2000) in Ireland: naturalist and islandman. Subscribe: irishnaturalistsjournal.org #INJCentenary #Zoology #Ornithology # History #Science

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

Current trail camera footage of a Pine Marten (Martes martes) at a site in north Co. Tipperary. The Irish name for the Pine Marten is 'Cat Crainn', meaning 'tree cat'. This native Irish species provides many ecological benefits, including helping to control the non-native invasive Grey Squirrel.

#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. # 267. In late summer males of most species of #bumblebees try to attract new queens to mate by flying a circuit of up to a couple of hundred metres in length each morning depositing a pheromone on surfaces as a scent mark. #bees #nature #education