Professor Jeff Ollerton explores what Biodiversity Net Gain could mean for pollinating insect conservation in England.
Category Archives: Blog
Earthworms 2024: A Year in Review
Keiron Derek Brown presents the latest data from the National Earthworm Recording Scheme and other earthworm projects that the Biological Recording Company has been part over the past year.
Online Training For Successful Conservation Projects
Ali Skeats discusses how WildTeam are reaching a global; audience with their best practices in conservation online courses.
Identiplant: A Unique Tutor-led Online Botany Course
Dr Chantal Helm discusses how the Identiplant training course combines online learning, fieldwork and mentoring to upskill botanists.
Exploring the Digital Wild: Teaching Natural History Using a Learning Management System
Dan Asaw discusses his experience of using Moodle to run a large programme of natural history courses.
The Power of the Webinar: Engaging Large Virtual Audiences with Natural History
Keiron Derek Brown discusses how webinars can be used to engage large audiences with natural history.
Cave Spiders: Behavioural Adaptations in Webs, Foraging and Dispersal
Dr Thomas Hesselberg (University of Oxford) explores behavioural adaptations in cave spiders.
Earthworm Image Recognition Project
Can earthworms be identified from photographs using AI? This blog presents a proof-of-concept study that investigated if an image recognition and species classification algorithm could be developed to accurately identify live earthworms.
Seahorses of the UK: Conservation and Research
Delve into the mysterious realm of the seahorse with Beccy MacDonald-Lofts to hear about seahorse research and conservation in the UK.
Sow Wild! and Insect Identification
Dr Janine Griffiths-Lee and Isobel Sexton (The Buzz Club) explore citizen science projects investigating the success of ‘mini meadows’ and the ability of citizen scientists to sample and identify insects.