17-02-2020Since the mid-1990s, populations of the common Japanese dragonfly Sympetrum frequens in rice fields have declined severely. Application of systemic…
17-02-2020The 2019 forest health survey results were released last week and, once again, indicated a decline in activity of two…
14-02-2020Short-term peaks of contaminant concentrations and flows go undetected at many minesites. Recent biological studies have shown that short peaks…
13-02-2020Since 2013, a European Union (EU) moratorium has restricted the application of three neonicotinoids to crops that attract bees because…
13-02-2020Succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor’ (SDHI) fungicides are used against fungi and mould. On the basis of a report by the European…
13-02-2020Two scientific studies of the number of insects splattered by cars have revealed a huge decline in abundance at European…
11-02-2020Neonicotinoid insecticides, also known as neonics, are doing more than killing bees and other insects in record numbers, according to…
11-02-2020A team of scientists from the United Kingdom, Brazil, and New Zealand tracked dung beetles in 30 forest plots scattered…
07-02-2020Amphibians across the world are experiencing “catastrophic population declines” from a widening range of interacting pathogens, scientists say. Fungal disease…
07-02-2020Bumblebee populations in North America and Europe have plummeted, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. The…
