27-05-2017The industrialization of the agricultural sector has increased the chemical burden on natural ecosystems. Pesticides are agrochemicals used in agricultural…
25-05-2017Neonicotinoid insecticides are used as seed treatments on most grain and oilseed crops in the U.S., yet the extent and…
23-05-2017The population of lesser spotted woodpeckers (Dryobates minor synon. Dendrocopos minor) has almost halved since 2009 because dead trees are…
23-05-2017As the debate heats up over the European Union's new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2020, I propose introducing a…
22-05-2017Scientists have described 1 million species of insects so far, and estimate that at least 4 million species worldwide are…
19-05-2017Populations of farmland, woodland and marine birds have all fallen dramatically over the past 50 years, according to new government…
19-05-2017Normally my first sighting of swifts – the dark, scythe-winged birds that scream over our summer rooftops – is on…
19-05-2017A widely used pesticide harms bumblebee queens’ abilities to feed and reproduce, reducing the survival prospects for the pollinators that…
19-05-2017North America has more than a billion fewer birds than it did 40 years ago, with the snowy owl (Bubo…
15-05-2017Based on count data compiled from Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) from 1974 to 2012, Christmas Bird Count (CBC) collected from…
