A BEES graduate has won a national prize from the Geological Survey of Ireland

A Barn Owl nest box project has been initiated by BirdWatch Ireland Cork and West Cork branches to provide homes for one of the countries most iconic birds. The project is led by BEES PhD student Alan McCarthy.

The BEES Zoo research group has a new website.

Urgent action needed to protect dolphins and porpoises from bycatch in European waters

·         Some 10.9 giga-tons of carbon are released from deadwood in forests worldwide annually - equivalent to roughly 115% of fossil fuel emissions

·         29% of the carbon that's released from forests is actually released through insect decomposition

·         University College Cork President among global team conducting research at forests in countries across six continents, including Ireland.

An international research team, including University College Cork President Prof John O’Halloran, has determined the annual contribution made by deadwood to the global carbon cycle and quantified the importance of insects in the decomposition of wood for the first time.

ERI researcher appointed Deputy Director of iCRAG