Weather
Rain lasting for a few days or weeks
Torrential rain
Try to reach goals that are unrealistic, fanciful, or unlikely to happen.
Chase rainbows
The natural home or environment of an animal or plant.
Habitat
Illegal hunting of animals and birds
Poaching
Professional life that is rapidly developing, flourishing, and achieving success, often characterized by increasing recognition, new opportunities, and personal fulfillment.
Blossoming career
Rain and snow together
Sleet
In a state of extreme, euphoric happiness.
On cloud nine
How would you describe an animal that is protective of its land
Territorial
The action of clearing a wide area of trees.
Deforestation
To discover the fundamental cause or true origin of a problem, issue, or word
Get to the root (of a problem)
Snow storm
Blizzard
To be impractical, often to the point of being very unhelpful or counterproductive.
Have (one's) head in the clouds
A protected area for animals, plants,etc.
(Wildlife) reserve
A group of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction.
Endangered species
To extend or expand one's activities or interests in a new direction.
Branch out
Small balls of ice that fall like rain from the sky
Hail (stones)
Regardless of what problems might arise; no matter what.
Come rain or shine
In a natural environment not controlled by people
In the wild
Continuously decreasing in number.
In decline
To result from, or be caused by a particular source, person, or event.
Stem from
Predict or calculate weather/events in advance
Forecast
Think about something some time after it happened and in a calmer or more sensible way than was possible at the time it happened.
In the cold light of day
The practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of experimentation or scientific research
Vivisection
Wanted by many people but not easy to get
Sought after
To produce successful results (research,etc.)
Bear fruit