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Wildlife 

Inconspicuous buzzers

August 1, 2022September 14, 20228 months ago Nathalie Harms 479 Views 0 Comments 9 min read

They are called Peppered moth (Biston betularia), Silver Y (Autographa gamma), or Crepuscular burnet (Zygaena carniolica). They are usually neither

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Wildlife 

Natural enemies are farmers’ friends

March 1, 2022March 2, 20221 year ago Victoria Steckhan 770 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

The rise of monocultures and shifting climate patterns has led to more pest outbreaks on our crops. These pose a

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Wildlife 

Take a photo and help protect endangered butterflies! 

February 15, 2022February 14, 20221 year ago Hanna Ollos 852 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

Citizen Science, best translated as “community science”, has a long history in Europe and is now highly regarded and accepted.

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Wildlife 

Celebrating Austrian Day of the Butterfly

March 14, 2021March 10, 20212 years ago Nick Huisman 1575 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

On March 14th, Austria is celebrating the Day of the Butterfly! Let us seize this opportunity to raise awareness about

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Project Updates 

How the Apollo butterfly can save entire ecosystems

February 19, 2021April 7, 20212 years ago Nick Huisman 1716 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

The Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) is one of the most threatened butterflies in Europe. Over the past 25 years, its numbers

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Wildlife 

How to bring halt to wild bee decline

February 10, 2021August 19, 20212 years ago Nick Huisman 1667 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Researchers have published a study in which they conclude that the number of wild bee species are rapidly decreasing. They

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Research 

Nature-inclusive agriculture boosts insect diversity

August 18, 2020August 14, 20203 years ago Nick Huisman 1990 Views 0 Comments 4 min read

Insects are crucial for the pollination of many plants and trees. They also play a vital role in the agricultural

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Research 

Global insect numbers continue to drop

May 28, 2020March 30, 20213 years ago Nick Huisman 2666 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

A large scientific review, published in the journal Science last month, performed an analysis on the trends of insect abundance

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Wildlife 

Black Friday? Not with our light pollution

November 29, 2019August 19, 20213 years ago Ziva Alif 3147 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

When talking about light pollution, the first thing that often comes to mind is that in cities, stars are no

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Wildlife 

We are losing 40% of insects forever

November 18, 2019August 19, 20213 years ago Ziva Alif 3196 Views 0 Comments 2 min read

A new report of the Wildlife Trusts on the state of insects has come out, proving again that insects are

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Wildlife 

Stones are an important home for our wildlife

November 4, 2019November 1, 20193 years ago Max A.E. Rossberg 3694 Views 2 Comments 6 min read

The Canary Islands became very famous for their stone beaches like Playa Jardin near Puerto Santa Cruz and El Beril on

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