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Scientists at Queen Mary University of London have discovered a never before reported behaviour of queen bumblebees. It was long thought that queen bumblebees, after hibernating in the ground over winter, emerged, began...
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The press release below is from Buglife. Alex Sobel MP is hosting a House of Commons debate from 11.00 on Wednesday about insect declines sparked by the recent global review of insect declines Sanchez-Bayo...
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First case of bat crime investigated by Thames Valley Police that has led to a conviction. The below article is from the Bat Conservation Trust (BCT). On Wednesday 6th February 2019 Mr Piara Singh...
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For this year’s Wild About Gardens challenge, The Wildlife Trusts and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) are calling on people to put in a pond. From mini container ponds to larger sunken ponds, it’s...
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Robyn Grant, Manchester Metropolitan University A pigeon bopping along to a busker playing Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams set Twitter abuzz recently. It’s certainly a catchy tune that I can’t...
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The little owl, Athene noctua, is a small nocturnal owl and is classified as an endangered species on the German Red List. In recent years the existing population of little owls has successfully...
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Article by Edward Mayer When I set up my first web site to try and help Swifts in London, the first really big issue we were asked to help with was in Spain,...
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Inside a snailfish. Newcastle University / Natural History Museum, London, Author provided Thomas Linley, Newcastle University and Alan Jamieson, Newcastle University From an unmanned submersible, protected by a casing of stainless steel almost...
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Approximately 61 percent of the world’s 356 turtle species are threatened or already extinct, and the decline could have ecological consequences. These findings are according to a paper in the journal BioScience synthesizing the global...
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Olivia Norfolk, Anglia Ruskin University It’s no secret that bee populations are in decline across the UK and Europe. There has also been a fantastic increase in public awareness over the past few...
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