Saving the small things that run the planetThe Bugs Matter survey involves citizen scientists counting the number of insect splats on their number plates after a journey. New virtual ‘splatometer’ makes counting and photographing splats even easier...
01/06/2023
New analysis of official Environment Agency data has revealed the worrying scale of chemical cocktail pollution in rivers and other freshwater sites across England. The research, which looked at the...
24/05/2023
New multi-species conservation programme, Species on the Edge, kicked off public events in the Outer Hebrides with a Short-necked Oil Beetle workshop on North Uist which saw 24 of this...
18/05/2023
An application to build a luxury golf course on one of the last coastal dune habitats in Scotland has been dealt a huge blow with NatureScot objecting to the plans....
17/05/2023
Nature experts, from organisations including Buglife and The Wildlife Trusts are calling on the Government to phase-out imports of soils from other countries, to help prevent ‘nature invaders’ from entering...
15/05/2023
“Pollinators Along the Tweed”, a new Buglife Scotland partnership project restoring 40 hectares of wildflower-rich habitat along the River Tweed, is set to create a buzz for local pollinators and...
19/04/2023
After a mammoth five-year search, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS)’s conservation breeding programme to boost numbers of the rare Pond Mud Snail has reached a major milestone. Five...
17/04/2023
Buglife launches its citizen science project the Scottish Oil Beetle Search. As part of the new partnership programme, Species on the Edge, members of the public are asked to look...
13/04/2023
Golf course proposals would destroy part of irreplaceable protected site for nature A coalition of seven environmental organisations is once again asking for the public’s help to save the internationally...
30/03/2023
Conservation charity, Buglife, is raising concern about declining populations of crabs and lobsters, highlighting the lack of attention, protection and stewardship they are given, and calling for improved protection measures...
21/03/2023
