Bees, butterflies face doubled risks

Reposted by Tim M. Blackburn, Richard D. Gregory, Guy Pe’er , and 1 more Tim M. Blackburn, Richard D. Gregory, Guy Pe’er, Hans Henrik Bruun

107%

Scholar power: 107.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 44%, Biology 39%, Agriculture 17%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Tim M. Blackburn	37%	101	37.2%
🎓 Richard D. Gregory	38%	75	32.9%
🎓 Guy Pe’er	36%	37	21.9%
🎓 Hans Henrik Bruun	22%	51	15.7%
Total			107.7%

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martinswarren.bsky.social

@martinswarren.bsky.social

The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...

Front cover of the European Butterfly Red List, showing Polyommatus humedasae. The report can be downloaded at https://www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?name=red-list-butterflies-2025

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Reposted by Dominique Bourg

1%

Scholar power: 1.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 44%, Biology 39%, Agriculture 17%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Dominique Bourg	4%	13	1.4%

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16.7 h

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Le Monde

Butterflies and Wild Bees Are Increasingly Threatened in Europe

Dozens of species face extinction, according to the IUCN, which has just updated its Red List.

Reposts 68 16h

by Anthony Ricciardi

93%

Scholar power: 93.6%

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Environmental science 44%, Biology 39%, Agriculture 17%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Anthony Ricciardi	39%	64	93.6%

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55.0%

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0.108

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Anthony Ricciardi

@ecoinvasions.bsky.social

4/ An analysis of the IUCN Red List (described as "the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species") implicates invasions as a major cause of extinction over the past 500 years.

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Alien species as a driver of recent extinctions | Biology Letters

We assessed the prevalence of alien species as a driver of recent extinctions in five major taxa (plants, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals), using data from the IUCN Red List. Our results show ...

royalsocietypublishing.org

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by Guy Pe’er

65%

Scholar power: 65.7%

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Environmental science 44%, Biology 39%, Agriculture 17%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Guy Pe’er	36%	37	65.7%

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Guy Pe'er

@guypeer.bsky.social

So we have an indication of what is going to happen in other Member States? Netherlands, France, etc?
What can we scientists do to help ensure they adopt the butterflies as an indicator?

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Reposted by Fabián Muniesa

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Scholar power: 0.6%

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🎓 Fabián Muniesa	1%	34	0.6%

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73.0%

16.6 h

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0.03

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The Guardian

@theguardian.com

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study The number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubled over the past decade, while the number of endangered butterfly species has almost doubled. The jeopardy facing crucial pollinators was revealed by scientific studies for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species, which found that at least 172 bee species out of 1,928 were at risk of extinction in Europe. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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by Anthony Ricciardi

93%

Scholar power: 93.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 44%, Biology 39%, Agriculture 17%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Anthony Ricciardi	39%	64	93.6%

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55.0%

23.6 h

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0.064

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by Dominique Bourg

4%

Scholar power: 4.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 44%, Biology 39%, Agriculture 17%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Dominique Bourg	4%	13	4.3%

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81.0%

12.9 h

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0.022

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Dominique Bourg

@dbourg.bsky.social

www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...

Nouvelles données sur l’effondrement du vivant en cours :

Les papillons et les abeilles sauvages toujours plus menacés en Europe

Plusieurs dizaines de nouvelles espèces risquent la disparition, selon l’Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature, qui vient de mettre à jour sa liste rouge.

www.lemonde.fr

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Reposted by Ben Kaden

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Scholar power: 1%

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Environmental science 44%, Biology 39%, Agriculture 17%

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🎓 Ben Kaden	-	5	-

Markus Trapp

@textundblog.bsky.social

Number of wild #bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study

www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🐝