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White-nose Syndrome – a new threat to bat populations

Bat Conservation Ireland have contacted us regarding White Nose Syndrome, a cave dwelling fungus that has wiped out large populations of bats in Eastern America that recently been confirmed in France. There is widespread concern for bats in United States due to the deaths of over 1,000,000 bats in hibernation sites since 2006. White-nose Syndrome (WNS) [...]
Posted on February 7th, 2010 in News | Comments Off

Wanted: Cave Spiders!

Manchester Museum’s Department of Zoology are looking for someone willing to look in two Irish caves for samples of a cave spider. The caves are Doolin Cave System (the upstream end at St Catherines 1, Smithy Sink inlet junction with Main Stream) and Mitchelstown Cave. The spider is the cave-restricted Porhomma rosenhaueri. The [...]
Posted on January 22nd, 2010 in News | Leave a comment

Caves – The Facts and The Folklore

Fine below a Press Release for the Irish Cave Archaeology Project. Over 700 caves are dotted across the limestone regions of Ireland and may hold archaeological secrets dating back as far as 10,000 years.  An exciting new project run by leading cave archaeologist, Dr Marion Dowd of IT Sligo, is set to explore and document the [...]
Posted on November 12th, 2009 in News, Press Releases | Leave a comment