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When we consider maternal care in the animal kingdom, we tend to hold up mammals and birds as shining examples, whilst regarding reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates as absolving responsibility, leaving their eggs to...
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October is perhaps the only month of the year when it’s socially acceptable to decorate your house with spiders as we revel in all things ‘spooky’. So it’s only natural that arachnid enthusiasts...
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In scientific terms, the group of arthropods (animals with exoskeletons) which bear just six legs are sensibly called ‘Hexapods’ -meaning six-footed. Chances are you learned in school that all these animals with six...
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People of Britain, have you noticed ‘swarms’ of ladybirds this year? Do you have masses of these red and black beetles on your house,even coming inside uninvited? You are not alone. It sounds like...
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This week I made my TV debut on none other than BBC’s the One Show. I was one of a team of keen ecologists tasked with finding a suite of rare invertebrates in...
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From False widows to Asian hornets, tales of ‘invasions’ of creepy-crawlies are a staple of the British tabloids and online news channels. The latest to find themselves in the spotlight are Daddy longlegs....
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Life is hard for a female solitary bee. From the day she leaves her mother’s nest, she has only a few frantic weeks to mate, construct her own nest cells, stock them with...
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