wildlife
Large-scale study 'shows neonic pesticides harm bees'
Posted in Featured, Science on 30th Jun, 2017
by Alex Muller
The most extensive study to date on neonicotinoid pesticides concludes that they harm both honeybees and wild bees.
Not so crowded? New findings on global species richness
Posted in Featured, Science on 8th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
Earth may contain millions fewer species than previously thought. New findings narrow species estimates for insects and terrestrial arthropods.
New threats to wild bees identified
Posted in Featured, Science on 6th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
Wild bumblebees are becoming infected with many of the diseases found in honeybees looked after by bee keepers.
World wildlife populations halved in 40 years
Posted in Featured, Science on 30th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
Habitat loss and hunting have reduced tigers from 100,000 a century ago to just 3,000.
AREND Project aims to ward off poachers with unmanned aerial vehicles
Posted in Hardware on 3rd Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller
One emerging area with huge potential is wildlife conservation, with drones delivering the ability to patrol and detect illegal poachers from the air.