To enhance the number of beneficial insect species in agricultural land, preserving semi-natural habitats and promoting crop diversity are both needed, accordin...
In the evolutionary arms race between bats and their insect prey, some moths have developed ears to detect echolocating bats and avoid being caught. Conversely,...
Evolutionary History
Spiders are the most specious group of venomous animals on the planet, and arguably the most successful terrestrial predators, except for...
If you were to hear the term “ecological Armageddon,” what would you think of? The extinction of the dinosaurs? Perhaps the plight of one of numerous endangered...
When someone mentions parental care in the animal kingdom, birds and mammals are probably the organisms than spring to most people’s minds first, and it’s most ...
The Potter Wasp Odynerus spinipes is an impressive creature. A long abdomen with yellow lined abdominal plates all of an equal size save for the second which is...
Buglife is the only organisation in Europe devoted to the conservation of all invertebrates. We're actively working to save Britain’s rarest little animals, e...