Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
"Spring has sprung, the flowers are here, but how do they know it's the right time of year?" :D
If you've been out on a lockdown walk lately, you'll no doubt have noticed that the first flowers of spring have pushed their way through the soil into the sunlight. But how do they know when the time is right? Find out in this episode of 'Lockdown Walks', with Oxford plant scientist Emily Warner. #Spring #SpringPlants #LockdownWalks
Subtítulos en español: Paula Martínez Gómez, Natalia Murillo Calle, Silvia Saorín Miralles, Lucía Ballesteros Fernández-Liencres, con la supervisión de Laura González Fernández (Facultad de Traducción y Documentación, Universidad de Salamanca).
"Spring has sprung, the flowers are here, but how do they know it's the right time of year?" :D
If you've been out on a lockdown walk lately, you'll no doubt have noticed that the first flowers of spring have pushed their way through the soil into the sunlight. But how do they know when the time is right? Find out in this episode of 'Lockdown Walks', with Oxford plant scientist Emily Warner. #Spring #SpringPlants #LockdownWalks
Subtítulos en español: Paula Martínez Gómez, Natalia Murillo Calle, Silvia Saorín Miralles, Lucía Ballesteros Fernández-Liencres, con la supervisión de Laura González Fernández (Facultad de Traducción y Documentación, Universidad de Salamanca).






![Understanding Mosquito Behaviour
Whats the most dangerous animal in the world? A grizzly bear? A lion? A poisonous tree frog? ... How about a mosquito? Carrying diseases such as dengue virus, Zika virus and malaria, mosquitoes can be thought of as some of the most dangerous animals on the planet. One model estimates there are nearly 400 million dengue virus infections per year [1] - with numbers set to increase alongside a warming climate. So, is there any way we can begin to control mosquito populations, and therefore limit the spread of the deadly diseases they carry? As Maisie Vollans from Oxfords Department of Biology explains, understanding mosquito behaviour is a key step in this process.
#mosquitoes #OxfordUniversity #biology
[1] Bhatt, S., et al., The global distribution and burden of dengue. Nature, 2013. 496(7446): p. 504–507 Understanding Mosquito Behaviour](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UMWFyXw6_60/mqdefault.jpg)



