Wildlife Articles by Emma Sheehy

Emma is a zoologist who recently completed a PhD in NUI Galway's Mammal Ecology Group, investigating the role of the pine marten in Irish squirrel population dynamics. Her interests include: predator prey interactions, invasive species, conservation, the use of DNA techniques to study wild populations and many more....

There are two squirrel species found in Ireland. The native red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris, and the invasive North American grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis. In Ireland, the UK and Italy the grey squirrel threatens the survival of the red squirrel as the effects of competition and disease from grey squirrels almost inevitably lead to total replacement of the red squirrel … [Read more...] about Friends in high places: red squirrels, grey squirrels and pine martens