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Wild About Gardens, the annual garden wildlife campaign set up by The Wildlife Trusts and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), makes a welcome return this week with beetles the theme for 2021. These important but often overlooked insects play a vital role in keeping our gardens healthy, and this year the two charities are calling on gardeners … Read more
The winners of the Luminar Bug Photography Awards 2020, launched this year in association with invertebrate charity, Buglife, have been revealed. Over 5,000 images were submitted from around the globe, competing for a total prize fund of £23,000, with a number of categories including Arachnids, Beetles, Butterflies & Moths, Flies, Bees & Wasps, Aquatic Bugs and … Read more
It’s Hedgehog Awareness Week and to mark the occasion Seedball has collaborated with People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) to bring you their new Hedgehog Mix – specially created to produce a hedgehog friendly wildflower patch in your garden. All flowers in the mix – a blend of Birdsfoot Trefoil, Poppy, Red Clover, Self Heal, … Read more
With Halloween just around the corner, the Discover Animals team has entered the spirit of things and chosen their favourite spooky selections from the Natural History Museum collection. From creepy gifts to frightful toys, we hope you enjoy our pick! Crow Skull Pendant Emulate Victorian Gothic with this striking brass pendant, a macabre piece that adds … Read more
A new national beetle survey has been launched by wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) and Royal Holloway University of London. Volunteers are needed for a two week period in June to help find and record sightings of the noble chafer beetle, to help conservationists save this threatened species. Noble chafers are small, … Read more
Wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is asking for your help to monitor and protect endangered stag beetles this summer, either by taking part in the European Stag Beetle Monitoring Network survey, joining the Great Stag Hunt or by making your garden a stag beetle haven. Stag beetles are Britain’s largest land beetle with … Read more
ZSL London Zoo will be unveiling a brand new exhibit next week full to the brim with handy hints on how to make your garden an oasis for native wildlife. Opening on Tuesday 15th August, ZSL’s new Wildlife Garden will be offering tips to green-fingered visitors, both young and old, on how to encourage creatures … Read more
A new infographic from Pokies.net.au explores the most incredible and amazing animals around the world. Are you prepared for the most magical world safari ever? With the upcoming release of the highly-anticipated Harry Potter spin-off, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Pokies.net.au have tracked down the weirdest and wildest animals from across the globe in … Read more
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