While many animals hibernate to survive, a few stand out for how long they ... Its body functions slow right down, helping it conserve energy until spring returns.Box turtle Reptiles don’t technically ...

As a queer person doing their best to survive the past few months of political chaos, I’ve often turned to nature — ...

Snakes are ectothermic reptiles. This means they don’t maintain their own body temperature. Instead, their body temperature ...

Last Saturday, I set out to walk some of the meadows in Yosemite Valley and spend time by the Merced River. I didn’t go ...

Mamalilikulla First Nation has offered to have the Texada Island grizzly bear translocated to its traditional territory, but ...

With many different species entering torpor for a variety of reasons, scientists are looking to their sleepy secrets for ways to treat human diseases. Anthony King reports ...

NC Poison Control gets 10 times more calls about copperhead bites than all others combined. Here's keep them out of your yard this summer and more.

We need spring resolutions, not new year resolutions. In winter, many animals hibernate by slowing their heart rate and metabolism to conserve energy when food and sunlight are scarce.

Thousands of black bears live in Sevier County and around East Tennessee Black bears are wild animals and unpredictable. Do not feed them, and follow these guidelines. It's spring in East ...

The winter is not just quiet for plant life, but for all kinds of birds and animals that use the cold weather to migrate or hibernate. In preparation for their return to your area, use February to ...