Eight out of ten ponds in Britain are in a "terrible state", according to the biggest ever survey of the country's nature-rich small water pools.

As a contribution to European debate on post-2010 vision and targets, the European Environment Agency (EEA) will enhance its support to policy makers by providing a detailed picture of the current state of biodiversity in Europe, as well as develop an information system for sharing knowledge on biodiversity across Europe.

The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) has warned of the economic and ecological dangers of Zebra Mussels after a new discovery.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published its Biodiversity Action Plan to coincide with World Wetlands Day.

The EEA's '10 messages for 2010' will highlight one theme per month until the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in October.

Hundreds of invasive species - from rats to diseases - are posing one of the greatest threats to wildlife around the world, conservationists have warned.

The Environmental Protection Agency has presented the EPA Special Award to Cian Rynne for Best Environmental project at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition on 15th January 2010.

It is a battle between those wishing to preserve the cultural heritage of turf-cutting and those who wish to save the landscape itself.

Clare County Council has told Doonbeg golf club that it has concerns that its scaled down €2 million coastal protection plan may lead to other parts of the coastline adjoining the site becoming noticeably eroded.