As we come back into the beginning of another bee season, it is once again time to share our knowledge of bees and get as many people interested as possible. The hobby of...
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Red wood ants, Formica rufa, also commonly referred to as the southern wood ant or horse ant is a boreal species and one of the most abundant species in Europe. This species is...
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Horse-flies are part of the insect order Diptera. Diptera is the order for all true flies. True flies are defined as flying insects that only use one pair of wings. They are also...
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“The Day of the Flying Ants.” Sounds like a Stephen King novel, but Flying Ant Day is a phenomenon the many of us have come to know yet it still takes us by...
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By Jan Hoole, Keele University Finding oneself improperly dressed for the weather can have fatal consequences – just ask a white-coated weasel. Animals that live in areas that usually have a lot of...
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By Louise Gentle, Nottingham Trent University Puffins are facing a perilous future. Population numbers have fallen sharply, and there are even fears the sea bird could be heading towards extinction within the next 100...
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The annual Orca Watch event took place from Saturday 26th May until Saturday 2nd June 2018 in Caithness, around the Orkney and Shetland Isles and it was full of fantastic cetacean sightings. Sea Watch Foundation in collaboration with...
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Ben Nevis. Standing at 1345m high and towering like a giant over Fort William, it is the highest peak in the British Isles. Climbed by thousands every year it is considered quite the...
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Yesterday, MCS announced an exciting partnership with company Silentnight, to transform some of the million plastic bottles bought every minute, into mattresses. The UK’s leading marine charity, The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has...
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When the American comb jelly Mnemiopsis leidyi, also known as sea walnut, conquered the Black Sea as a new habitat 35 years ago, the ecosystem there changed sustainably. The economically important anchovy stocks...
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