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Is it ‘cos I is small?

*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

Save wildlife – close the UK borders to plants

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

More homes created in Plymouth

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

Whitleigh is sown to bee buzzing!

Yesterday, Plymouth’s Buzzing flew over to Whitleigh to see the start of our final meadow being sown. Staff from Plymouth City Council Street Scene Services were on hand with their...

05/03/2014

Corridors of Flower

Our countryside is fragmented and populations of many species are confined to widely separated islands. A Government announcement this week confirms that restoring and creating habitat in corridors, so that...

28/02/2014

Plymouth’s Buzzing in Spring

Plymouth was bathed in spring sunshine this weekend, well for an hour or two. It gave us time to revisit one of our meadow projects. The Family Tree site in...

24/02/2014

Flooding and Bugs – What are the impacts?

Understandably attention has focussed on the plight of people, property and livestock during the recent floods. But what has it been like being a little bug during the recent weather?...

21/02/2014

Nature. Who will conquer it?

So concludes the BBC Winter Olympic trailer in tones hinting of a Victorian attitude that nature is a force to be mastered and defeated by the ingenuity and resourcefulness of...

14/02/2014

Defending wildlife and human liberties

Buglife believes in fairness and justice. We believe that having space on the planet for the other species that live here is fair, and we believe that humans have a...

07/02/2014