Confused dogs and courting crickets: how does daylight saving time affect animals?

Humans flip time forwards and backwards, often with little idea of how that can affect other species Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The former Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen famously argued that daylight saving time (DST) would confuse milking cows, which it might, but only because it changes human behaviour. All animals have circadian rhythms, but only humans have DST. We flip time forwards and backwards, often with little idea of how that can affect other species. Continue reading...

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