Latest Blog Posts

All animals exhibit some level of sentience, they are aware of their surrounding and respond to them.  At Buglife we believe that avoiding unnecessary harm to bugs and treating them...

06/07/2021

Today is the first day of the Committee Stage of the Environment Bill in the House of Lords and marks the next phase of this long-awaited Bill. The committee stage...

21/06/2021

The extensive use of Artificial Lighting at Night (ALAN) creates an ever-increasing threat to wildlife. Light pollution has increased so much from residences, public infrastructure, and industrial activity, that 80%...

17/06/2021

Since finding a large European wasp nest in her loft, Kent artist Louisa Crispin has been fascinated by these tiny, yet despised creatures and has spent several years trying to...

14/06/2021

Today marks the start of Invasive Species Week, an annual event led by the Non-Native Species Secretariat to raise awareness of invasive species and how everyone can help to prevent...

24/05/2021

Buglife is proud to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day by joining together with our accessibility provider Recite Me to raise awareness of the importance of creating a digital world where...

20/05/2021

By Buglife’s Countries Manager Andrew Whitehouse Contrary to popular belief, adding more honeybees is not the answer to pollinator declines. In fact, it may do more harm than good. What...

06/05/2021

“Yuk! What are all of these horrible black flies?  They’re all horrible and hairy and have horrible dangly legs!”  My daughter is clearly not feeling the love for the ‘love...

25/04/2021

A call to action from Craig Nisbet, Conservation Officer (Scotland) As February approaches, Buglife is reaching out to members of the public for help in locating a rare and endemic...

26/01/2021

Last Friday afternoon, just when journalists were clocking off and the Saturday papers were being compiled for the printers, Defra announced that they would be allowing farmers to once again...

12/01/2021