News and Opinion - British Ecological Society

Q&A: Cryptic frogs, counting chirps and conservation

Q&A on new research in Journal of Applied Ecology on acoustic monitoring of a cryptic frog species.

British Ecological Society joins meeting to discuss Brexit with Government Minister

The BES joined a number of organisations at the Zoological Society of London to discuss the challenges and opportunities of Brexit for the environmental sciences and conservation.

Scottish Biodiversity Conference: Connecting people and the environment

A range of interesting perspectives and new ideas featured at the 2016 Scottish Biodiversity Science Conference

Tim Benton's keynote address opens Scottish Biodiversity Science Conference

Key themes from Professor Tim Benton's speech on agriculture and biodiversity

The Scottish Policy Group discuss rewilding at the latest pie and a pint event

The Scottish Policy Group discuss the conservation concept of rewilding

BES President Sue Hartley gives evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee

BES President Sue Hartley gives evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee inquiry on innovative land management techniques and rewilding.

Healing the rift around GM crops

BES member Joanna Wolstenholme explores how a more constructive dialogue might be built around GM crops.

Microbeads: small plastics causing big problems

Microplastics and microbeads are causing significant problems for the health of our marine life

Press Release: Forbidden fruit a fatal temptation for grizzly bears in Southeastern British Columbia

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Parliamentary inquiry into forestry in England

Contribute to our response to the EFRA Committee forestry inquiry

State of Nature 2016 – new analytical approaches and knowledge gaps

State of Nature 2016 report analysed over 50 datasets over 40 years of monitoring by 50 conservation and research organisations.

Don’t forget about the (other) bees…

The honeybee is not the only pollinator. There are about 20,000 species of bee worldwide and 250 species in the UK alone yet for the vast majority of people the honeybee springs to mind when thinking of a bee.

Undergraduate Summer School: an invaluable experience

Becky McCerery reflects on her week at Malham Tarn

The first EU list of 37 invasive alien species comes into force

The first 37 invasive alien species have been listed under the IAS Regulation and their associated restrictions now come into force. This is a welcomed step to stop the loss of biodiversity.