Science Says So: How Do Caterpillars Get Their Wings? YouTube video by Marine Biological Laboratory

Nipam Patel exploring the common myth that caterpillars 'turn to goo" inside the chrysalis, with some beautiful visuals!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCka...

Stipule: a pair of leaf-like, spine-like or scale-like appendages at the base of petiole. Originates from the stem or petiole.
From the Latin ‘stipula’ meaning straw or stalk.
Meadow Vetchling (left)
Spotted Medick (top)- toothed
Field Pansy (bottom)- deeply cut

Not much good news in this report 😥, but glad to see recognition that "The UK is fortunate in having a large amount of information about its biodiversity, collected across a broad spread of species and habitats both by professionals and by expert volunteers"

Here’s Mark Avery’s review of Amanda Tuke’s @amandatuke.bsky.social fabulous new book Wild Pavements. In a nutshell: if you thought there wasn’t much wildlife in town, let Amanda take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of London, she’ll show you something to make you change your mind.

Are you keen to improve your identification skills of aquatic invertebrates? Read on!

We have a Sampling and Identifying #Freshwater #Invertebrates training opportunity, with John Davy-Bowker on 28 & 29 April, Grange-Over-Sands, #Cumbria.

Find out more & book today:
www.fba.org.uk/shop/p/sampl...

Oh squeak! It’s official publication day!

Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot

The precedent is eerily, chillingly precise. What the current Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is doing to immigrants and refugees today is almost a carbon copy of what Sir William Joynson-Hicks was doing 100 years ago. And that's not a good thing. My column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Hi everyone! Keep saving that date! We are almost ready to launch the booking page for our 40th Anniversary Conference in Birmingham 7-8th May, plus a 3rd day of field trip at the amazing looking Saltwells NNR! You can see our fabulous speaker lineup here www.nfbr.org.uk?q=node/274 - more v soon!

This is such an excellent book full of great tips. Should be used widely.

Do you need my expertise?
I will be available for hire, part time, from March 2026.

My regular work is mainly a mix of science & journalism.

Please see thread for more details.

Aesops Fables and why we have fables…

The Lawton Principles: more, bigger, better and more joined up. YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts

Really enjoyed discussing The Lawton Principles (more, bigger, better and more joined up) with the ever enthusiastic John Lawton. youtu.be/GMlzvNxM2N0?...

Stag beetles may look tough, but they rely on scarce deadwood habitats 🪵 A new UK analysis shows stable cores but falling numbers; so what next?

Join our FREE entoLIVE on 12 Mar with David Wembridge (@ptes-org.bsky.social) on conservation actions that work 🌍

🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1975613846...

Hi folks. I am going freelance again.
I don’t share my work on here, apart from books (which are not my proper job) so here’s more info about what I do:
www.alexmorss.co.uk/about.html

Government accused of caving in to building lobby amid plans to shake up housing sector in England New changes to planning rules would limit scope of English councils and prevent them pursuing improvements to low-carbon homes

Preventing local authorities from pursuing the most ambitious environmental standards that go beyond current, inadequate building regulations for greener homes is shameful & shortsighted, & cheats people out of warm, energy efficient homes👇

Biological recording handbook has just been published, will be the essential reference book for anyone involved in recording and understanding the data. Has a broad range of examples from across the… ... Biological recording handbook has just been published, will be the essential reference book for anyone involved in recording and understanding the data. Has a broad range of examples from across the s...

www.linkedin.com/posts/tim-ri...

Outline map UK and Ireland indicating approximate locations all Botanical University Challenge 2026 teams. Also logos of the 32 institutions.

🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🧪🌳🐝 Botanical University Challenge #BUC2026. All this year's teams signed-up; a record 32 from around the UK and Ireland. Some new, some returning, some regular, two present in every competition since the start in 2016! Welcome to all! Which ones are you supporting?

Great to see @harperadamsuni.bsky.social featured here and I know those in @hau-entomology.bsky.social would be pleased.

Fab pics- hope you’re pleased with them. Inverts will be possible soon - getting lighter!

Very excited to get this superb book in my morning post. Everyone should have one! #NFBR #NBN

Could you become BSBI's new Wales Officer, helping to support the network of botanists across Wales & leading our Priority Plants in Wales Project? You'd be helping to conserve rare &... Could you become BSBI's new Wales Officer, helping to support the network of botanists across Wales & leading our Priority Plants in Wales Project? You'd be helping to conserve rare & beautiful wild ...

www.linkedin.com/posts/botani...

A colour photograph of a tree surrounded by cornfields.

📢#JobOpportunity #WeAreSeeking a Land Management Biodiversity Adviser

We're looking for someone with knowledge of conservation and environmental issues and policy

Based in Peterborough or Aberdeen but with hybrid working

Closing date: 1 March 2026 bit.ly/3Ob2H3H

Loads of great #WildFlowerId resources on the @wildflowerhour.bsky.social website!

iRecord is really important as a repository for UK wildlife/nature records, including casual records, surveys and trapping, and non-native species. This is well worth doing 👇

🦋 TVERC Spring Recorders’ Conference

Join us on Sat 21st March at Cholsey Great Hall for a full day of inspiring talks, practical workshops, and the chance to network with fellow wildlife recorders and nature enthusiasts from Oxfordshire and Berkshire.

👉 Book your place: tverc.org/recorders/re...

A poster of bat facts A brown long-eared bat can hear a ladybird walking on a leaf All British bats and their roosts are protected by law Bats are indicators of a healthy, diverse environment Bats are the only mammals that can fly A single pipistrelle can eat 3,000 tiny insects in just one night All of the 17 breeding species in the UK feed on insects Bats are gentle, clean and sociable animals Bats can see, but use their ears to hunt in the dark using echolocation Bats only have one baby each year, called a pup With wings folded. a tiny pipistrelle could fit into a matchbox Bats don't make nest or chew wires wher roosting in building

Our work is only possible thanks to our members and supporters. It is thanks to them that we can continue to work towards our vision of a world rich in wildlife where bats and people thrive together www.bats.org.uk/support-bats

sooooo... WHO is NEXT?!? 😱🙈😭

🔥 #Diptera unit 🦟🪰 at #CNC in Ottawa under threat!!! 🔥

Plz support the colleagues!!! Read the Open Letter and sign the petition here: diptera.de/CNC_Diptera/

#taxonomy #biodiversity #collection #museum #entomology #gnatsarecool #fliesarecooltoo #Canada #insects

Dr Gemma Harper chairing a panel discussion at IPBES-12 copyright Aviva

Panellists at a Business & Finance Day discussion at IPBES-12 copyright Aviva

Panellists at a Business & Finance Day discussion at IPBES-12 copyright Aviva

A major focus at #IPBES12 this week is the new Business & Biodiversity Assessment - a significant step towards strengthening how the global community understands & responds to business impacts & dependencies on nature 🧵

@ipbes.net

📸 Aviva

Image of a deceased Puffin lying on the ground. White wording on an orange background reads: Please report sightings of dead birds.

⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. ⬇️

📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/...
📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/...
📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv...

#UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...