Wildlife charity Buglife and eco fashion label Rapanui have today launched a collaborative invertebrate focussed fashion collection. The collection aims to raise awareness of the diversity and wonder of invertebrate...
25/03/2015
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UK Government field study proves that neonicotinoids harm bumblebees
A Government field study which had previously used as the basis of the UK’s position that a controversial group of insecticides were safe for bumblebees, has been re-analysed by a...
24/03/2015
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New B-Lines put the Buzz Back into the West of England
An ambitious new plan for helping our bees, butterflies, hoverflies and other pollinating insects is being launched by Buglife and Avon Wildlife Trust at today’s West of England Nature Partnership...
09/03/2015
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A creature once thought extinct in Britain has been living in deep cover in Welsh Woods
The Blue Ground Beetle, Carabus intricatus, a creature so rare that it was thought to be extinct in the UK until one was discovered in Dartmoor in 1994, has been...
23/02/2015
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Y chwilen gyntaf o’i bath yng Nghymru
Credwyd unwaith fod y creadur yma wedi hen ddiflannu o Wledydd Prydain. Gwyddys yn awr fod criw ohonynt wedi bod yn byw yn dawel yng coedwigoedd Cymru Mae chwilen y...
23/02/2015
New B-Lines resources available
New B-Lines resources available to download. As part of our B-Lines initiative, several new resources have been developed that will guide and enable everyone to take part in creating the...
19/02/2015
Children and Communities Across the UK to Protect Pollinating Insects Thanks to £1.4m Heritage Lottery Fund grant
Learning through Landscapes’ Polli:Nation project enabling 260 schools help save the UK’s pollinators The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced support for the UK-wide biodiversity project – Polli:Nation, a programme...
13/02/2015
Beetles and stones greatest hits. New reports highlight concerns for Britain’s leaf beetles and stoneflies
Evidence from the latest research into two UK groups of scarce and threatened insects reveals that many of our leaf beetles and stoneflies are giving sufficient cause for conservation concern...
12/02/2015
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Funding appeal to save endangered Plymouth spider
A crowdfunding appeal has been launched to raise money to find and save a spider from global extinction. A Buglife petition urging a Government planning inspector to reject plans for...
11/02/2015
Local MSP backs green roofs for businesses
Falkirk East’s MSP Angus Macdonald has given his backing to a new project from the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative to encourage local business and industry to install green roofs on...
02/02/2015