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The hard science behind these dainty flowers.
Why solitary animals congregate during the winter months.
Our modelling of European fish species shows a patchwork of winners and losers as sea temperatures rise.
Cool autumns and dry springs could help earwig populations recover.
Trees in full leaf are more likely to fall, which is why summer storms can be particularly disruptive.
Seasons are more than just divisions of time – they are our connection with nature.
The temperature of a sea turtle’s nest controls the sex and survival rate of their offspring.
Bugs that buzz and flutter at other times of year are conspicuously absent during winter months.
Plus, how trees can be tricked into ‘thinking’ it is another season.
Months of wet weather have created the perfect conditions for a fungal bonanza.
Plankton bloom and wither with the seasons much as plants do on land.
Butterflies bruised by rain and gales are hunkering down hoping for pleasant weather.
Everyone in the UK said June 2024 felt cold and miserable. But it was barely below the long-term average.
In variable environments, like temperate woodlands, species are not equally at risk.
These birds are a harbinger of summer – but their arrival, and the seasons, are no longer predictable.
As climate change threatens their food supply, migratory birds may find help in an unlikely place.
Great tits being studied at a woodland near Oxford are adjusting the timings of their breeding season as the climate changes.
Swifts migrate long distances yet face many threats along their journey. Lack of nest sites is a big problem but installing swift boxes and bricks won’t be the only solution.
Why the weather can be sunny one minute then rainy the next.
Top contributors
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Research Fellow in climate and machine learning, University of St Andrews
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Senior Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange - Reader in Plant Science, Edge Hill University
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Lecturer in Publishing, University of East Anglia
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Associate Professor of Zoology, University of Leeds
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PhD Researcher in Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh
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Reader in Ecology, University of Lancashire
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Associate Professor, Ornithology, University of East Anglia
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Meteorology, University of Reading
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Professor of Botany, Edge Hill University
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Reader in Ecology and Conservation Biology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Assistant Professor of Ecology, Leiden University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Oxford
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PhD Candidate, Pollination and Climate Change, University of Reading