Algae don't get the credit or attention they deserve. They are responsible for much of the oxygen we breathe, play pivotal ...

Last year, astronomers discovered an unusual Earth-size exoplanet they believe has a hemisphere of molten lava, with its ...

A WALK – or a cycle or a drive – on the wild side is what it’s all about with the launch of the ‘Limerick Wetland Wealth’ ...

Scientists from the University of Galway have used advanced new satellite tracking methods to lay bare the devastation caused by oil pollution in one of Africa’s most important habitats. The team ...

Sea turtles navigate using Earth's magnetic field like a GPS. Scientists found they learn and remember magnetic locations.

“Maps tell a story,” says Debbie Dennison, founder of GeoJango Maps. “People want to remember trips [that they have taken] or ...

A team at Rutgers is using artificial intelligence to predict where whales will be off New Jersey's coast. The data could ...

Baby loggerhead turtles “dance” when they are expecting food, a behaviour that researchers have used to investigate their navigation abilities. By learning to associate a magnetic field with a food, ...

Our brains build maps of the environment that help us understand the world around us, allowing us to think, recall, and plan.