Events

Explore the stories behind the latest checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles with Dr David Agassiz. Lists of species make very boring reading, but taxonomy forms the infrastructure...

Learn about hawker and emperor species of dragonfly breeding in the United Kingdom with Dave Smallshire. The UK is home to around 30 species of Dragonfly (Anisoptera) that breed in...

Learn about 10 species of rare earthworm occurring in natural habitats across the United Kingdom with Keiron Derek Brown. The UK and Ireland has 32 species of earthworms that can...

Learn about the latest research related to nature-friendly gardening to help you undertake evidence-based wildlife gardening decisions. The UK, like most other countries worldwide, has seen significant loss of its...

Learn about the rare and localised species of bumblebee occurring in the UK with Dr Nikki Gammans. The UK is home to 24 species of bumblebee, including 6 species of...

Join Mark Carnall for a journey into the magnificent world of molluscs with tales from the Oxford University museum collections. Molluscs are the second largest group of animals in terms...

Learn about planning surveys for native and invasive crayfish with Dr Nicky Green. The White-clawed Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) is the only native species of crayfish in the UK. Unfortunately, it...

Delve into an experiment investigating the burrowing, feeding and casting behaviour of 50 species of earthworm. Earthworm ecological categories (anecic, epigeic, endogeic) based on morphology are commonly used as proxies...

Learn about the cuckoo bumblebees of the UK and recent bumblebee extinctions with Dr Nikki Gammans. The UK is home to 24 species of bumblebee, including 6 species of cuckoo...

Delve into the mind of a bee with Lars Chittka and explore the ways in which how bee brains are unparalleled in the animal kingdom. Most of us are aware...