In Antarctica, penguins do not lay their eggs at random. Their breeding cycles are precisely timed with the seasons, so chicks hatch when conditions are best to favour their survival. Such careful ...

As part of a team of ecologists, I've been studying aspects of great tit biology at Wytham Woods near Oxford. One aspect of our research is how climate change affects their breeding behavior. So far, ...

Plant nutrient content reflects their overall metabolic health and has a direct impact on plant growth, development, and reproduction. Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs), for example, are a type of ...