Saving the small things that run the planetMany people love ladybirds, earthworms, bumblebees, butterflies and other bugs and the vast majority of people understand that invertebrates are essential for healthy ecosystems. But people generally don’t spend a...
24/04/2014
The Government is currently consulting the public on what it should do to protect our pollinators. This is your chance to tell them how much you care about securing healthy...
17/04/2014
This week's blog is a guest feature – by Germaine Greer. Germaine is Buglife’s President and has been helping the charity to champion the cause of ‘saving the small things that run the...
11/04/2014
Whitleigh has been a hive of activity lately. After site preparation of the meadow was completed by Plymouth City Council, Plymouth's Buzzing was joined on Tuesday 11 March by two...
07/04/2014
On the last day of March the International Court of Justice took a momentous decision. It ruled that Japan’s whaling activities in the Southern Oceans were commercial and not scientific. ...
04/04/2014
For over 20 years Neonicotinoid pesticides have been pushed onto British farmers by the agrochemical industry, becoming the most abundantly used insecticides. We already know they are a high risk...
28/03/2014
*Warning: 'Is it 'cos I is small' – UK cultural Ali G comedy reference – international readers may prefer the title ‘Species discrimination – the elephant in the room We all...
21/03/2014
A flatworm that overwhelms snails in a “gang attack” and has caused many extinctions when introduced to other parts of the world has now arrived in Europe. Urgent action is...
14/03/2014
Scientific university departments have the potential to be somewhat unfriendly and impenetrable places. Huge intellects striving for national or international recognition and working their socks off to get papers published...
07/03/2014
Last week Plymouth’s Buzzing visited a new school. Although we are reaching the end of the project, we still managed to buzz across to Yealmpstone Farm Primary School to work...
05/03/2014
