Space exploration has been a human activity for 63 years now, a part of our lives ever since the Soviet Union sent into orbit a cosmonaut named Yuri Gagarin. And in the time that has passed since, our ...

If you are at least marginally interested in sci-fi literature and movies, then you probably know that in these works of fiction space travel is possible for humans generally in two ways: either ...

We humans have to power our way through the winter, bundling up and worrying about frostbite on the trail. But bears? They just snooze their way through it. Bears have some tried-and-true habits to ...

For decades, classroom posters have shown cartoon bears snoozing all winter, held up as the classic example of hibernation. Recent reporting has challenged that picture and shown that bears follow a ...

MIKE. SO THERE’S A CHANCE. THERE’S A CHANCE. ALL RIGHT, SO WINTER OFFICIALLY ARRIVED OVER THE PAST WEEKEND. AND YOU MAY THINK THAT MEANS HIBERNATION TIME FOR WOODLAND CREATURES LIKE BEARS. BUT NOW IS ...

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I've been talking about raptors to school groups for decades. At one point, I ask the students what the prey animals - i.e. mice, rabbits, chipmunks - are doing in spring. Inevitably, a student will ...

The ambient temperature has a profound impact on the physiology and behaviour of most species. In regions where individuals rely on low temperatures to hibernate effectively, global warming is likely ...

Hibernating animals’ superpowers could lie hidden in our own DNA, opening the door to developing treatments that could reverse neurodegeneration and diabetes. Animals that hibernate are incredibly ...

Now that winter is here for what could be another six months, I have noticed I see less of my neighbors than I do during the summer months. This is no doubt because we all spend more time keeping warm ...