Pies: Conservationists have used dogs to find bumblebee hives in order to protect endangered species

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Honey bees are the dominant diurnal pollinator of native milkweed in a large urban park.. In eastern North America, the field milkweed, Asclepias syriaca L. (Asclepiadaceae), is used in planting schemes to promote biodiversity conservation for numerous insects including the endangered monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus) (Nymphalidae). Less is known about its pollinators, and especially in urban habitats where it is planted often despite being under increasing pressure from invasive plant species, such as the related milkweed, the dog-strangling vine (DSV), Vincetoxicum rossicum (Kleopow) Barbar. (Asclepiadaceae). During the A. syriaca flowering period in July 2016, we surveyed be…

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3 African wild dogs travelled over 4,000km to find mates – why that’s good news for the endangered species

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