27-01-2014Syngenta has published a study in PLOS which Syngenta claims refuted the scientfic evidence implicating thiamethoxam in bee decline. Now,…
25-01-2014Bumblebees and other pollinators provide a vital ecosystem service for the agricultural sector. Recent studies however have suggested that exposure…
23-01-2014The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced its plan to boost the population of the endangered northern cricket frog. That…
23-01-2014For more than 100 years, an electrochemical plant has been operating in Flix (Catalonia, Spain) by the Ebro River. Its…
22-01-2014On Dec. 29, a total of 76 species of birds were seen and heard in the area by the count's…
18-01-2014Neonicotinoid insecticides are a relatively new, but widely-used, class of systemic, water-soluble nerve poisons. They are readily incorporated into all…
15-01-2014Since 2009 I've been writing about the plight of beleaguered honeybees due to toxic chemicals; over five billion pounds of…
14-01-2014South Georgia is home to around half the global population of breeding grey-headed albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma) and the rapid rate…
12-01-2014Two new papers question the validity of risk assessment methodologies widely accepted by regulators while registering neonicotinoid pesticides, commonly accepted…
11-01-2014Beyond the Birds and the Bees moves the spotlight from the risks neonicotinoids pose to bees to the impacts of…
