FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Buglife - The Untold Story

Say no to pesticides, mix up your lawn – and six more ways to help bees to thrive

Like so many flying insects, these essential pollinators are suffering because of habitat loss and the overuse of chemicals. Here’s how to give them a healthier, happier home

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8

‘Bee buffets’: the pollinator pathways turning drab alleys into insect havens

Corridors of nectar-rich plants encourage pollination and brighten up city streets at the same time

The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2025

‘Brownfields can be rich habitats’: the abandoned oil refinery where wildlife now thrives

Conservationists say Canvey Wick in Essex shows potential for brownfield sites as havens for nature

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2025

Are some of your household products killing insects and wildlife?

Flea treatments for dogs, ant killer, washing-up liquid and herbicides may be partly to blame for decline in UK

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2024

The frogs may be gone, but life goes on: how I regained my faith in gardening for wildlife

The extremes of the climate crisis mean it’s harder than ever to provide a garden haven for birds, insects and other animals

The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2024

Earthworm crowned UK invertebrate of the year by Guardian readers

Lumbricus terrestris claims landslide victory with 38% of vote, while Asian or yellow-legged hornet comes in last with 0.8%

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2024

Medicinal leeches poised for comeback in Scottish Highlands

Project aims to release hundreds into lochs and streams after centuries of habitat loss and exploitation

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2023

Fewer insects hitting your car windscreen? Here's why

Every summer for almost the last 20 years, volunteers from the Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, both in the UK, have been tracking car number plates. But not in the the way you might think. Their inspections aim to register the numbers of flying insects hit by vehicles.

The Conversation · Nov 8, 2023

Red fire ant colonies found in Italy and could spread across Europe, says study

Researchers identify 88 nests of destructive invasive non-native species near Syracuse in Sicily

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2023

Current insecticide safety tests inadequate, research suggests

Researchers have found that bees have different versions of a nerve cell receptor that is targeted by insecticides.

The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023