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European Union countries voted on Friday in favour of a near-total ban on neonicotinoid insecticides which are blamed for an alarming collapse in bee...
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Bird populations across an eerily quiet French countryside have collapsed, on average, by a third over the last decade-and-a-half, alarmed researchers reported on Tuesday....
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Bees and other insect pollinators have had a difficult time adapting to our new Anthropocene world. Not only is climate change having an impact...
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French air quality experts will begin monitoring the presence of air-borne pesticides and other chemicals at around 50 sites across France next year, their...
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A common pesticide used on crops compromises a queen bumblebee’s ability to lay eggs, threatening her colony with extinction, according to a study released...
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A new scientific analysis has found the incorrect application (and in some cases, completely dangerous) of insecticides onto local fruit orchards is associated with...
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The news follows a report on Digital Journal in January 2017 that retail corporation Costco has requested that its suppliers end the use of...
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In a new study published in the journal Frontiers of Ecology and the Environment, it was found that the rate of change in the...
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The move comes as part of a bee policy developed by Costco. This aims to limit the number of non-essential chemicals and stops the...
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The most recent bee to be added to the list, which is held by the United States Fish and Wildlife service, is the rusty...