Éanna Ní Lamhna is one of the best-known public figures in Ireland, in particular as a biologist, environmental and wildlife consultant, radio and television presenter, author and educator. Éanna has one of the most instantly recognisable voices on Irish radio and has been for many years a member of the panel of experts on RTÉ’s wildlife programme Mooney Goes Wild. She has served as president of the national environmental charity An Taisce and the Tree Council of Ireland.Originally from Louth, she now lives in Dublin. Éanna is the author of several popular wildlife books for readers young and not so young.

• Introduction: Wildlife We are all in this together 91 The Great Outdoors. How the world works 122 Pollination. Another name for the birds and the bees actually 183 Migration. Why do they go and, more importantly, why do they come back? 284 Hibernation. The ultimate cop-out 385 Omnivores. The ones that have it all 466 Farming. The best idea the human race ever came up with 537 Why do Birds Fly? Because they can or because they have to? 638 Things that Go Bump in the Night. Wildlife in the dark 709 It’s a Wonderful World. You just need to know where to look 7710 Bacteria. We couldn’t live without them 91 11 Pandemics. Or why you cannot get Covid-19 or any other disease from telephone masts 9812 Modern Terms. That we are all supposed to know, but weren’t paying attention at the time 10513 Global Warming/Climate Change. Is it getting hotter or colder or wetter or drier or what? 113 14 More Buzz Words Explained. Carbon sequestration – just a big word for trees? And what on earth are carbon sinks? 12015 Biodiversity. What did it ever do for us? 12616 Genetic Modification. The spawn of Satan or the best idea ever 13317 Where Did We Come From? Evolution v Creationism 14418 Recycling. Or just an excuse for woeful waste? 15319 And They All Lived Happily Ever After. The End? 159Postscript: SAVED IN THE NICK OF TIME 165

Very much in Eanna’s style