Root and Branch is a new series of documentaries for RTÉ lyric fm's Lyric Feature which look at Irish trees from a variety of angles. Below, ecologist and presenter Anja Murray introduces the series ...

12:48, Thu, Aug 14, 2025 Updated: 16:27, Thu, Aug 14, 2025 The first picture has emerged of a heroic mum who sacrificed her life to save her five-year-old daughter from a falling tree branch. Madia ...

Scientists have discovered which animal was the first to branch off from our collective common ancestor. For years, debate had raged over whether the first to diverge was the sea sponge or the comb ...