Biodiversity

Articles

Project ‘Butterfly’ takes flight in Paris!

At the end of last week I joined researchers from across Europe and beyond who gathered at Norway House on the campus of...
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How urban spaces support pollinators – a new study just published

Bees play a vital role in pollination, supporting both natural ecosystems and our food supply. However, their numbers are declining globally due to...
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Biosecurity policies can be annoying – but a century of Antarctic...

Visitors to Australia are often shocked at having to declare an apple or wooden item under our biosecurity policies....
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Join me for a talk at Northamptonshire Bird Club – Wednesday...

The first in a series of public talks that I’m doing this year to promote my book Birds & Flowers: An Intimate 50...
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What is happening to wild bees in Britain?

Recently the Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BCT) reported that, in 2024, British bumblebees experienced their worst year since the BCT started its monitoring campaign....
Biodiversity
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Evolutionary implications of a deep-time perspective on insect pollination – a...

When we think of pollination, we often picture bees buzzing around flowers or butterflies flitting from bloom to bloom. This relationship between plants...
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