Antarctic midge survives extreme cold with unique dormancy strategies
Picture an Antarctic animal and most people think of penguins, but there is a flightless midge, the only known insect native ...
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Heartbreaking: Abandoned dog in Ohio waited day after day for his owners to return after telling him to stay on blue blanket
Spread the loveThe statistics are staggering. About 6.5 million dogs, cats and other pets are abandoned or lost each year and ...
Most animals have their own version of tree rings – here’s how we biologists use them to help species thrive
Similarly, most living things produce records of their own existence in layered body tissues – often in the form of daily or ...
What a snooze fest! Woodland Park Zoo bears just might have the right idea about getting through this winter
SEATTLE — Snug as two bugs in a rug, three year old bears Fern and Juniper are mostly slumbering the winter season away at ...
3 Abandoned Huskies In Snow, Cold Rescued In Bridgewater
The Somerset Regional Animal Shelter went out every day for four days, including through snow, to rescue all 3 pups.
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10 Animals That Hibernate in the U.S.
Every winter, some animals disappear into a deep sleep, surviving the freezing temperatures in hibernation. From bears and bats to groundhogs and frogs, here are 10 fascinating creatures that ...
Turkey turnaround: Birds were once a rare sight
Turkeys used to be found on the dinner table more often than in the Minnesota wild. “It used to be there were no turkeys, and the first time I saw some I was like ‘wow,’” said local naturalist Stan ...
Why the hunt is all about the chase
Theodore Roosevelt wrote in The Wilderness Hunter “To me still-hunting elk in the mountains … is one of the most attractive of sports, not only because of the size and stately beauty of the ...
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Crews rush to recover commuter plane found crashed on Alaska sea ice before expected snow and wind
Just hours after finding 10 people dead in western Alaska from one of the deadliest plane crashes in the state in 25 years, ...
Outdoors: Wolves are the ultimate winter wildlife encounter
Late in the day, all of our searching and listening had finally paid off. Up on a low rolling, snow covered ridge, just out of sight, a pack of wolves had made a kill earlier in the day. What the ...
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It’s like ‘dead birds flying’: How bird flu is spreading in the wild
In the U.S., bird flu headlines have focused on an unprecedented number of American cases and the impact of the virus on dairy cows and on poultry ...