10-05-2014A team of Harvard biologists has come closer to cracking the mystery of honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), eight years…
07-05-2014The extensive use of plant protection products in agriculture is causing increasing harm to farmland birds. This is the conclusion…
06-05-2014This year’s National Insect Week is being hailed a huge success with thousands of people taking part in more than…
05-05-2014One of the main problems with neonicotinoids is that they have a delayed toxic effect that renders small residual concentrations…
05-05-2014Clearly, the long-term future is the use of integrated pest management, using good agricultural practices such as crop rotation and…
05-05-2014In seven experiments seeds of maize, oil seed rape and barley, treated with neonicotinoids, were sown using pneumatic drilling equipment…
04-05-2014THE number of children in Scottish schools needing extra support due to autism has risen by 15 per cent to…
01-05-2014One of the more mysterious animals in the Lowcountry is really pretty shy, long-lived, a homebody. And dreaded - the…
29-04-2014Laboratory toxicity test designs are far from reality and therefore extrapolations to field situations may be more difficult. In laboratory…
29-04-2014A 2012 survey by the British Trust for Ornithology showed there are just 3300 pairs of nightingales left in the…
