UCC research has discovered remarkable new evidence that pterosaurs, the flying relatives of dinosaurs, were able to control the colour of their feathers using melanin pigments.

Four University College Cork (UCC) subjects, including Agriculture and Forestry, are today ranked in the top 100 globally in the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject. UCC is now ranked number one in Ireland in Agriculture and Forestry.

The Tom and Mary Cross Prize 2022 has been launched to promote the importance of research publications by Postdoctoral Fellows at BEES.

Dairygold Co-operative Society has awarded two undergraduate bursaries to students undertaking the Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree at University College Cork (UCC).
The course is taught by the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UCC with input from across the university, and in close collaboration with Teagasc.

A cavy and opossum, unusual animals collected by Charles Darwin on his formative voyage aboard the HMS Beagle, are some of the items included in the University College Cork Natural Collections website

Dr Chris Mays has joined BEES as a Lecturer in Palaeontology.

The School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences (BEES), along with the School of Chemistry, has become one of the first two UCC Schools to successfully renew their Athena SWAN accreditation.

The first group of Year 3 students studying the MUC-UCC dual degree, BSc Environmental Science with Environmental Management arrived in Cork on Friday, 14 January.

The Geological Survey of Ireland presents 2 annual prizes known as the Cunningham Awards to the 2 best final year geological mapping projects submitted within the Geoscience disciplines in the Irish Universities.

Amongst the only living things to survive the detonation of a nuclear bomb over Hiroshima in 1945 were 200-year-old trees, now their seeds will be planted in Ireland, with the eventual trees being made available to local communities across the country.

The School of BEES annual prizegiving ceremony took place (online) recently with awards presented across the School. Well done to all the recipients.

New whale species discovered and to be named after Mātauranga Māori whale expert

The report is a collaboration between the local community and BEES researchers and students.

The Coastal Atlas of Ireland has been published with a significant contribution from BEES staff.

The 8th International Conference on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and Group Level (WAFL), and the first virtual WAFL, is taking place this week with over 350 delegates from 32 countries attending through its virtual platform.

Dr Harriet Hunt has joined BEES as a new Lecturer contributing to teaching and research in Plant Science.

5-year fixed term Lecturer in Palaeontology at University College Cork, Ireland.

Latest funding of €1.6 million for the ObSERVE 2 Aerial survey project brings total investment of the ObSERVE Programme to €4.5 million

UNEP GEMS/Water Capacity Development Centre, based in the ERI, is looking for two full-time assistants, for six months each.

International collaboration and a new publication mark an important agreement to continue monitoring of marine subtidal cliffs at this unique study site.

BEES are hosting an information evening on their new BSc Geoscience programme.

BEES researchers are developing innovative closed-loop systems to reduce the input of agricultural waste material into the environment. And it’s all thanks to one small but mighty plant – duckweed.

University College Cork (UCC) has today been ranked 8th in the world by the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings, placing it as Ireland’s leading university for its impact in working towards creating a sustainable future.

The evidence based THE Impact Rankings are the only global tables to assess universities against progress towards the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), providing a total of 18 rankings, one for each SDG as well as an overall table.

This is an educational resource created by the Plankton club, a voluntary initiative in UCC which gives undergraduates the opportunity to engage in more hands-on lab and field work.

Agri-business company Dairygold has awarded two undergraduate bursaries to students undertaking the Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree at University College Cork (UCC).

“Increased understanding of the role of N fertiliser in grass-white clover milk production systems”

The BEES-based Tree Explorers project is to benefit from Science Foundation Ireland funding.

UCC climbs up elite global rankings to secure place as a world-leading institution for Agriculture and Forestry.

A temporary, 10 month Research Assistant (Technical) position is available in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at University College Cork.

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD today announced an investment of €28 million in the iCRAG SFI Research Centre for Applied Geosciences hosted at University College Dublin. UCC is one of eight partner institutions that comprise iCRAG.

BEES palaeontologist Prof. Maria McNamara has been awarded €2.5M in research funding by the European Research Council as part of its latest round of Consolidator Grant awards.

Dr Andre Banning has joined BEES as a new Lecturer contributing to teaching and research in Environmental and Earth Sciences.

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.

The iconic tree lined campus at University College Cork (UCC) has joined some of the leading arboreta in the world after being accredited by a prestigious global accrediting programme.

The traditional BEES prizegiving ceremony made way for an online presentation of awards this year.

The deliberate introduction of captive-bred salmon into the wild is a common management response to natural or human-driven declines in salmon numbers.

The School of BEES has launched its new strategic plan.

Tiffany Slater was awarded the Joe Wong Outstanding Poster Award for her presentation, Fossil feathers: testing their biochemical fidelity using a spectroscopic approach, at the 2020 SSRL/LCLS Users’ Conference. Well done Tiffany.

UCC wishes to appoint an experienced academic to the role of Lecturer in Plant Science within the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences.

COVID-19 has had a a significant impact on the environment. These impacts are being explored through a series of webinars hosted by the Environmental Research Institute. Prof. Gerry Killeen and Dr Eoin Lettice have contributed to the series.

Plants are able to elongate their hypocotyls accordingly to day length duration. Here, we elucidate the molecular mechanism controlling this response.

The resilient Fulbright programme has served to strengthen international relations throughout turbulent times for over seventy years.

A new study uses sophisticated particle accelerator X-ray maps to reveal the internal anatomy of fossils up to 280 millions of years old.

Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation Heather Humphreys, TD has announced funding for CO/SMID - a Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) and University College Cork (UCC) project, which will track COVID-19 clusters based on geo-referenced data to more accurately predict future outbreaks and influence future interventions. The funding was awarded as part of a rapid research response funding call published jointly by Science Foundation Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and the IDA (SFI-EI-IDA).

The UCC Marine Geology Research Group has launched a series of 'Wednesday Webinars' exploring topics like ice ages, deep sea corals and fossil plankton.

VistaMilk 009: Grassland agronomy practices to increase the persistence of white clover in grazed pasture

UCC and Teagasc wish to appoint an experienced academic to the role of Professor of Agricultural Science.

The BEES Zoo Research Group participates in the Cork Lifelong Learning Festival with an exhibit linked to ongoing research at Fota Wildlife Park.

UCC wishes to appoint an experienced academic to the role of Lecturer in Environmental Science within the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences.

School of BEES researchers promoting STEM at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition at the RDS in Dublin with Deputy Micheal Martin TD. 

The European Meeting for PhD Students in Evolutionary Biology, EMPSEB, will hold its 26^th annual meeting in Killarney from the 19^th – 24^th April 2020.

Dairygold Co-operative Society has awarded two undergraduate bursaries to students of the new Agricultural Science degree programme at BEES.

The Agricultural Science degree programme was launched at an event held at Teagasc Moorepark last week.

A Dual BSc in Environmental Science with Environmental Management has just been launched by the School of BEES, UCC and the University of Minzu, China.

UCC palaeontologists have discovered new evidence on what type of animal is the bizarre 300 million year old fossil known as the “Tully Monster”.  The new findings show that the Tully Monster may not be a backboned animal as previously thought.

The School of BEES annual prizegiving ceremony took place recently with awards presented across the School.

BEES scientists and Head of the Discipline of Geology received a UCC Leadership Award at the recent UCC Staff Recognition Awards Ceremony.

As part of University College Cork's Community Week, Dr Eoin Lettice led a tour of UCC's tree collection on its award-winning, green-flag campus.

Culture Night at BEES takes place on Friday 20th of September

Scientists could be set to reveal the most accurate depictions of ancient vertebrates ever made after a world-first discovery at University College Cork (UCC).  

It is no secret that the world’s oceans are swimming with plastic debris —but the reach of human plastic waste is as deep as 2125m, even 320km offshore, a UCC-led expedition has revealed.

Dr Jean O'Dwyer and Dr Ed Jarvis picked up SEFS teaching awards recently.

Ronan O’Sullivan, a PhD student in the School of BEES, along with an international team of collaborators have published research examining how evolution may be measured in a free-living population of Atlantic salmon.

The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences seeks a Senior Demonstrator to carry out teaching, administration and examination duties pertaining to first year Biology practicals within the School, and to run the School’s highly successful Transition Year Programme. 

The Department of Education has established a third-level scholarship to honour Irish scientist and Nobel Prize winner Professor William C Campbell. The scholarship is open to those intending to study Zoology.

Permanent Whole Time Post. UCC wishes to appoint an experienced academic to the role of Lecturer in Environmental Science. Reporting to the Head of School, the appointee will be required to develop and teach modules as part of the undergraduate and postgraduate curricula in Environmental Science.

BEES 4th Year undergraduate Simon Jeggo has won an entrepreneur award for his fouth year project.

The School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UCC & Moorepark Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre (Teagasc)
Permanent Whole Time Post

A workshop on UV-B and Climate Change; impacts on plants and vegetation will take place in Cork, Ireland on Monday, April 15th and Tuesday, Aprl 16th, 2019.

A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has shown strong interactions between climate change and stratospheric ozone levels.

The UCC Palaeobiology Group won the Best Start-up Lab award at the Irish Lab Awards in Dublin last night.

UCC wishes to appoint an experienced academic to the role Professor in Environmental Science within the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences. (Permanent Whole Time Post).

Dr Eoin Lettice has recently published a review paper addressing the challenges to measuring the spatial extent of the rhizosphere - the zone of interaction between plant roots and the soil.

A new UCC project aims to increase awareness of palaeontology and Ireland's fossils among schoolchildren and adults.

The School of BEES at UCC is proud to announce a FREE Geoscience Open Day for second-level students on Saturday 23^rd February.

Dr Barbara Doyle Prestwich and Dr Eoin Lettice presented a Wollemia Pine specimen to University College Cork this week to mark the culmination of their leadership of the International Association for Plant Biotechnology (IAPB).

New paper from Plant Science at UCC.

Dr Mullins is a PhD graduate of Plant Science at UCC.

The School of BEES was recently awarded a Bronze Athena SWAN award at an event held in Dublin.

The ObSERVE team announce the findings of three-year projects to study large areas of the Atlantic Margin, Celtic and Irish seas.

The European Association of Geochemistry (EAG) is a non-profit organisation aiming to promote geochemistry worldwide.

Prof. Andy Wheeler and Prof. Paul Giller have just returned from a successful visit to China where they visited a range of new and existing collaborative institutions.

Science Week runs from 11th-18th November 2018.

The School of BEES was delighted to welcome Dr James F. Reilly, Director of the US Geological Survey to Cork recently.

Prof. Sarah Culloty and Dr. Sharon Lynch hosted a three day event recently (16^th to 18^th October) at the Beaufort-ERI and ERI Buildings (UCC) to facilitate interaction between stakeholders and the Cockles Project partners from five EU countries (Ireland, UK, France, Spain and Portugal). 

The BEES Prizegiving 2017 took place earlier this week at the School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Climate change is occurring so rapidly that many animals may be unable to adapt, according to findings of an international study published in Nature Communications.

Jackdaws are more likely to join a mob to drive off predators if lots of their fellow birds are up for the fight, new research shows.

Nature documentaries raise species awareness and promote pro-conservation behaviours, but don't lead to donations to conservation charities, a new Irish study has revealed.

There is now a momentum in all types of food production towards a circular economy where we no longer regard waste as a problem to be disposed of, but instead look for ways to make it a reusable resource. 

Funding for biodiversity conservation in Ireland is primarily derived from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). 

ERI Professor receives €1m AXA Research Chair

The first run of our Postgraduate diploma in freshwater quality monitoring and assessment, 2017-2019 led some of the graduates to continue their studies and enter a final year to obtain an MSc. Thirteen students are currently carrying out research projects in their home countries on a wide range of projects.

Researchers from University College Cork have been presented with two of the four Medals of Excellence handed out at this year’s Irish Research Council ‘Researchers of the Year’ awards, announced today.

World-leading academics in science and engineering at University College Cork (UCC) have received prestigious European funding worth a combined total of €6.4m to support research into diverse topics such as animal evolution, how viruses impact gut bacteria, and ways to revolutionise surgery. 

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

• New self-guided tour of UCC Arboretum is free to the public.
• Audio guide via app is in development.
• Free brochure developed following Science Foundation Ireland funding.