15-01-2013The chytrid fungus—responsible for millions of amphibian deaths worldwide—is now believed to be behind a sudden decline in the common…
15-01-2013A new study (attached), sponsored by Bayer CropScience, Syngenta, the European Seed Association, the European Crop Protection Association, and the…
15-01-2013The HBA Convention was held, as in previous years, at Barton Peveril College, Eastleigh, near Southampton on 10th November 2012.…
14-01-2013Ten species have become extinct in the 60-year reign of HM The Queen but even that stark loss hides the…
14-01-2013There is emerging evidence that organochlorine and organophosphorus insecticide exposure may be linked to excessive weight gain and symptoms of…
14-01-2013A conversation with Matt Shardlow, CEO of Buglife the invertebrate conservation trust and – as ‘The Independent’ put it –…
14-01-2013Conservation groups have sued the Obama administration in San Francisco to protect the habitat of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta…
13-01-2013Why do some species decline rapidly with anthropogenic disturbance, whereas others readily exploit disturbed habitats? It is possible that the…
12-01-2013As part of an overall ‘biodiversity crisis’, many amphibian populations are in decline throughout the world. Numerous factors have contributed…
12-01-2013The federally threatened California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii) has disappeared from much of its range for unknown reasons. We…
