Newly released figures reveal that the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has invested €291,053 in purchasing 84.26 acres of land across County Westmeath between 2020 and 2025. The ...

A Caithness man has authored a new book on a clever ruse to fool German aircrews into bombing a decoy airfield at Sarclet.

Ralph Sheppard is an ecologist living in Donegal, where he has been monitoring the birds since the 1950s. This is an extract ...

Efforts to restore the environment are revitalising the job market in the Cairngorms National Park and changing lives for the ...

Plants and animals you see in peat bogs aren't creatures you'd necessarily see anywhere else; it's very unique. To me, that would be why the Minnesota DNR has calls it the 'last true wilderness' in ...

The bog is left to dry and shrink for five years, after which it’s ready for removal. Mechanical cutters with “steel teeth” carve blocks of peat, which are then lifted by “375ft arms ...

Photo credit: Stephen Blum Did you know Minnesota has the largest peat bog in the lower 48 states? Big Bog State Recreation Area lets you walk right into this unique ecosystem on a mile-long boardwalk ...

Big Bog State Recreation Area lets you explore North America’s largest peat bog from a mile-long boardwalk that takes you right into this alien-like ecosystem! This northern Minnesota wonder is often ...

A few centuries ago, a pair of bison in northwestern Minnesota took their last breaths in a peat bog. Their remains are now at the center of an exhibit marrying science and art in Detroit Lakes ...

Two bison skeletons preserved in a peat bog near Frazee are now part of a new exhibit at the Becker County Museum.

Staff Sgt. Troy S. Knutson-Collins, 28, was the final soldier found deceased Tuesday in the peat bog, one week after being reported missing.