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Biodiversity
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Underwater Pollinators - No Longer Under The Radar
Avid readers of PlantingSeeds’ articles are familiar with pollinators and their roles in the ecosystem. From birds to bees, to bats, wasps and many others, our organisation works to shine the spotlight on pollinators’ important roles to support biodiversity. But it can be a little difficult to understand and be familiar with the As and […]
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Quick Read: What Is A Cockatube?
Black Cockatoos are unique, very social birds that have loud and distinctive calls. In Australia, there are five species of black cockatoos - the Carnaby’s, Baudin’s, glossy black, red-tailed and yellow-tailed. Many of these species and subspecies are threatened to some degree, facing different threats and challenges, such as ongoing and extensive breeding and foraging […]
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A Reminder To Celebrate Sustainably
We know the better part of the last two year has been hard for so many people and when everything around you leaves you heady with a festive anticipation it’s difficult not to get carried away. Eat, drink, be merry, and shop til’ you drop seems to be the theme of the season. But whether […]
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Good COP, Bad COP
While we at PlantingSeeds focus on local efforts to help biodiversity, we are motivated by the big picture as well. In case you missed the news about COP and biodiversity (yes, the COP UN Glasgow conference wasn’t just about climate change), here are some challenging facts and developments: Which is what we, through the B&B […]
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From Our ArcHIVES - Part 3: Taking The Sting Out Of Bees - Fun Facts About Stingless Bees
Our third instalment of delving into cognition and other cool facts about highly social insects. The grand finale of our trilogy is the stingless bee group. This is the least studied group out of other highly social bees (bumblebees and honeybees). However this does not make them any less interesting as these bees are full […]
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From Our ArcHIVES - Part 2: Fumbling Our Way Through Some Bumblebee Facts
This is our second instalment that delves into cognition and other cool areas concerning social insects. Find the first part of our series here. Just like honeybees, bumblebees also show impressive learning abilities and are very talented little insects. In this second feature of our series, we showcase the bumble bee and its extraordinary capabilities […]