As the largest land beetle in the UK and with their distinctive ‘stag’ antlers, stag beetles are one of our most spectacular creatures. Magnificent minibeasts Stag beetles have a remarkable life cycle, spending the majority of their life underground as larvae and only emerging for a few weeks in the summer to find a mate …
Read article...PTES intern, Danai Kontou, has been busy this year, investigating a critical but little-known species that once dominated our coastal waters. With PTES funding, and under the supervision of Chris Yesson at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London (ZSL), Danai has spent the better part of a year wading through chilly British coastal …
Read article...PTES is calling on supporters to urge their MPs to support an early day motion to debate a ban on global wildlife trade in parliament. The global wildlife trade can be cruel and is a hotbed for emerging infectious diseases like COVID-19. The Coalition to Ban Wildlife Trade campaign, led by World Animal Protection and …
Read article...Searching for noble chafer beetles Last summer PTES funded a new national noble chafer beetle survey. Hundreds of volunteers were sent a survey pack and asked to put up a (harmless!) trap and fit it with a lure. Thank you to everyone who has helped this year. We wanted to expand our knowledge of this beautiful beetle’s …
Read article...An action plan for brown-headed spider monkeys Alma Hernandez and her team are working hard in Colombia to gather enough information to create the first National Action Plan for brown-headed spider monkeys. They are only found in a narrow range in northern Colombia, Ecuador and Panama, alongside the seven species of spider monkey living in …
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