Car drivers and passengers asked to count bugs squashed on car registration plates after a journey this summer An innovative app to survey insect populations is launched today by Kent,...
28/05/2021
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Pledge to help make Cardiff a bee-friendly city
Today the Giving Nature a Home in Cardiff project is launching the new Urban Buzz Pollinator Pledge; a call for people to help pollinators in gardens and allotments across Cardiff...
24/05/2021
EU Court of Justice rejects Bayer attempt to overturn bee-killing pesticide ban
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled today that the European Commission was right to ban the use of three bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides – imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam....
06/05/2021
New plan for UK-wide insect superhighways launched
Today Steve Backshall has helped Buglife to launch a new plan to help the UK’s pollinators at the virtual conference ‘B-Lines: insect superhighways’. B-Lines is a ground-breaking, landscape-scale solution to...
23/03/2021
“I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here” exploited ‘illegal’ crayfish.
Having already received “suitable advice” from the Police in relation to the potential release of non-native species in North Wales (an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981) a...
15/03/2021
Wildlife haven protected as theme park threat looms
Buglife, the RSPB and Kent Wildlife Trust welcome the news that the Government’s environmental advisor Natural England has recognised the outstanding wildlife value of the Swanscombe Peninsula and declared that...
11/03/2021
Aid Requested for Bugs Battling Covid
Invertebrate animals are in the frontline of our battle against Covid-19. Two insects and a living fossil are proving crucial to the production of effective vaccines, while medicines developed from...
11/03/2021
UK Extinct Species rediscovered in the Outer Hebrides
Buglife is delighted by the recent rediscovery of a species of caddisfly previously believed to be extinct across the UK. Once found in the fens of East Anglia, Limnephilus pati...
05/03/2021
Prime minister called on to deliver on promises to protect nature, in law!
Buglife along with more than 50 nature organisations, and well-known names including Steve Backshall, Chris Packham, and Stanley Johnson are supporting a new ‘State of Nature’ campaign launching today. They...
01/03/2021
Conservationists united in call to protect wildlife haven from theme park development
Conservationists united in call to protect wildlife haven from theme park development
08/02/2021
