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LIFE BEETLES welcomes a group of small volunteers on World Tree Day!

26/04/2024

To mark World Tree Day, the LIFE BEETLES project welcomed a group of small volunteers from the “O Ninho” Kindergarten, through the collaboration of Europe Direct – Azores and the Science Centre (...)

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Slope stabilisation work on the island of Flores is well underway

29/02/2024

One of the aims of the LIFE BEETLES project, coordinated by the Regional Secretariat for the Environment and Climate Change, is to create green structures in peri-urban areas to improve the habitat (...)

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Where do insects go in winter?

22/02/2024

As temperatures drop and winter sets in, we often notice that the number of small flying and crawling creatures begins to dwindle. It can make us wonder what happens to insects in (...)

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LIFE BEETLES project takes part in children’s Carnival parade on Pico island

16/02/2024

On 9 February, the LIFE BEETLES project took part in the Carnival parade at Escola Primária e Secundária das Lajes do Pico under the theme “Biodiversity: The importance of insects”. One of (...)

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It’s Carnival, nobody takes it the wrong way!

13/02/2024

Did you know that insects also have disguises? Today the LIFE BEETLES, a project coordinated by the Regional Secretariat for the Environment and Climate Change, is going to unmask these disguised insects! (...)

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LIFE BEETLES takes part in the XII European Congress of Entomology

28/12/2023

The LIFE BEETLES project took part in the XII European Congress of Entomology (ECE), which took place in Greece. The first ECE, which dates back to the late 1970s, aims to bring (...)

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