Economic analysis shows cost of dropping or weakening EU environmental laws in just 4 sectors could reach £82bn over 30 years [1] With over 1,000 environment laws in its scope,...
18/01/2023
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New research on bees shows current safety tests of insecticides are inadequate
Researchers have revealed unexpected variation in bee neural receptors, challenging current safety assessments of insecticides, which work by targeting these receptors. Because bees use different versions of this receptor in...
18/01/2023
Help blue beetles this Blue Monday
Public survey launches to help the rare Blue Ground Beetle in Devon and Cornwall. Since 2005, the third Monday in January has been labelled as Blue Monday. It is said...
16/01/2023
Lost bumblebee rediscovered on South Devon coast
One of the UK’s most-threatened bumblebees the Brown-banded Carder Bee (Bombus humilis), has been rediscovered at Prawle Point on the South Devon coast. This bee was once thought extinct in...
27/12/2022
Further insect number declines in 2022 – a long-term trend or the result of record summer temperatures?
The Bugs Matter Citizen Science Survey, led by conservation charities Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, found a 64% decline in insect numbers sampled on vehicle number plates between 2004 and...
15/12/2022
More citizen scientists needed to understand how Northern Ireland’s insect populations are faring as further declines found across other parts of UK
The Bugs Matter Citizen Science Survey, led by conservation charities Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, found a 64% decline in insect numbers sampled on vehicle number plates between 2004 and...
15/12/2022
More citizen scientists needed to understand how Scotland’s insect populations are faring as further declines found across other parts of UK
The Bugs Matter Citizen Science Survey, led by conservation charities Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, found a staggering 40% decline in insect numbers sampled on vehicle number plates between 2004...
15/12/2022
Further insect number declines in Wales – a long-term trend or the result of record summer temperatures?
The Bugs Matter Citizen Science Survey, led by conservation charities Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, found a staggering 75% decline in insect numbers sampled on vehicle number plates between 2004...
15/12/2022
Buglife launches Get the Marches Buzzing
“Get the Marches Buzzing” a new Buglife project, set to restore 57 hectares of lowland heath and species-rich grassland across Shropshire and North Herefordshire has received funding from The National...
12/12/2022
New populations of rare bees discovered in Cornwall
Invertebrate conservation charity Buglife is delighted to announce the discovery of two new populations of one of Cornwall’s most threatened bee species. A second nationally scarce species of bee has...
06/12/2022
