Can you think of a suitable name for an Irish shark? If you’re under 14, and into art and sharks then the Irish Elasmobranch Group (IEG) needs your help. The group is looking for catchy and memorable names for five satellite tagged porbeagle sharks (Lamna nasus) currently cruising the north….

The National Parks and Wildlife Service has issued the latest in a new series of All-Ireland Red Data Lists for fish, reptiles and amphibians. The list was compiled collaboratively by organisations both side of the border, and while the majority of species are categorised as Least Concern according to IUCN….

A new species of fish has been discovered in the waters off Ireland’s West Coast. The fish, a species of chimaera (ancient relatives of sharks), was discovered when 31 specimens were spotted in a French fish market after being landed by a trawler that had been fishing in the North….