A barred owl perches as its familiar “who cooks for you?” call echoes through the woods at the start of breeding season. Credit: Courtesy of Bob Duchesne The night was Feb. 21, 2026. The sky was clear ...

Despite lingering winter weather, lengthening days are triggering early signs of spring in nature. Phenology is the science of how natural cycles, like animal breeding and plant growth, respond to ...

If spring is the time to recharge, why do I feel — and I think many others are with me — scattered, exhausted and filled with an angsty energy? Spring Equinox was Friday, March 20, and according to ...

With the arrival of spring a few weeks ago, new buds and colors on the trees started to appear. Along with that new growth, a UBC Okanagan researcher has determined that some trees in spring also ...

With milder weather arriving earlier across the UK, ecological experts say the first signs of spring are already beginning to appear — weeks earlier than many people might expect. ‘Spring doesn’t ...

As an agriculturalist, outdoor enthusiast and biologist, my curiosity and anticipation are always stirred by changing seasons. Perhaps it’s a sign of advancing years, but I’ve noticed that I’m ...

The signs of spring that first began popping up across central Indiana about a month ago have now grown into something much more noticeable as April gets underway. After a consistently wet stretch of ...

I don’t need a calendar to tell me that it’s spring. I just have to look around my house to see the signs. These are more subtle than when you’re living somewhere truly frigid and the sight of green ...