Chub is a species of freshwater fish found mainly in running water throughout central and southern mainland Europe. It is not native to Ireland, but it has turned up here. How it got here is unknown.

A STRANGE-LOOKING marine species which provided the inspiration for blockbuster Alien films has been netted off the Irish coast. Global warming may have attracted the rare South American species, the ...

Three alien species of fish which had previously never been seen in Maltese waters have been spotted for the first time over the past year, according to researchers. An alien species is any plant, ...

Hundreds of parasite creatures which were the inspiration for the film Alien have washed up off the Kerry coast.