Poet and revolutionary Pádraig Pearse once wrote about Ireland’s red squirrels, Sometimes my heart hath shaken with great joy, To see a leaping squirrel in a tree. One hundred years after the ...

Analysis: Ireland's native red squirrel is enjoying a reversal of fortunes in the battle with the grey squirrel thanks to the pine marten This article is now available above as a Brainstorm podcast.

The Irish red squirrel, once nearly on the brink of extinction, has been saved in Kilkenny city thanks to the pine marten. The number of native red squirrels in the area, which has been in Ireland ...

You can check out at any time. More info The red squirrel is making a comeback in Ireland... and it’s all thanks to pine martens. The native birds feast on grey squirrels – which carry a ...

There is still no hard evidence in Ireland of replacement of red squirrels by greys, but there are plenty of local observations of the sort science calls anecdotal. The ecological relationship ...

A study conducted by researchers at NUI Galway and the University of Aberdeen found that red squirrels increase their numbers significantly within five years of pine marten population recovery ...

With their beautiful red coats, red squirrels have lived in Ireland and the UK for around 10,000 years – but now this lovely creature is only found in limited parts of the countryside.

“The red squirrel was re-claiming its territory," the wildlife photographer from Arklow, Ireland, continued. "It is great to see as the greys have almost taken over most of the country. They ...

The recovery of pine marten in Ireland and Britain is reversing native red squirrel replacement by invasive grey squirrels, according to new research. The recovery of pine marten in Ireland and ...

The Red Squirrel is regarded a native Irish animal. If there were squirrels in Ireland before the last ice age, it is assumed that the ice, snow and cold wiped them out together with their host trees.

“What's happening in Ireland is very special, and this is watched across Europe by those trying to save and conserve red squirrels in their woodlands,” said Ruth Hanniffy, a mammal ...

The notion that any woodland is good for Ireland’s native red squirrel, an endangered species being undermined by its grey cousin, has been scotched by new research showing non-native conifer ...