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BES response to government plans to tackle the nature and climate crises
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Pioneering research reveals gardens are secret powerhouse for pollinators
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Researchers make ‘high vis vests’ to help monitor bee behaviour
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Mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain may not deliver the desired outcomes for nature
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Research shows recovering pine marten population benefits red squirrels, but the grey squirrel still poses a problem in urban areas
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Participation in citizen science camera trap project dramatically increased school children’s knowledge of UK mammals
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Badger behaviour inside the cull zone
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Call for experts: Invasive species
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The hunger gaps: how flowering times affect farmland bees
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Eureka! Family focused ecology for British Science Week
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Few MPs attend the first climate change debate in two years - the whole story?
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Hen harriers and red grouse: Finding common ground in a persistent conflict
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Scientists take to Twitter to study flying ants, starling murmurations and house spiders
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Defining and delivering resilient ecological networks in England
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