What would happen without pollinators? The humble moth is an unsung pollinating hero!

Moths are important pollinators

When people think of pollinators they normally think of bees. That’s because we enjoy seeing them in the daytime pollinating plants. But bees are under stress from insecticides and industrial farming. The numbers are falling. Without the pollination of bees all the plants that they …

Read more

Death’s-head hawkmoths fly over the Alps

Death's-head hawkmoth

In another astonishing revelation by scientists as to the abilities of animal species, Martin Wikelski from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour in south-western Germany, has revealed that some species of Death’s-head hawkmoths migrate over the Alps or around them when they fly south. …

Read more

Two useful tags. Click either to see the articles: Speciesism - 'them and us' | Cruelty - always shameful
follow it link and logo

Note: sources for news articles are carefully selected but the news is often not independently verified.

At heart this site is about ANTHROPOCENTRISM meaning a human-centric world.

Post Category: Insects