A study reveals how seasonal brain shrinking helps some mammals survive winter, offering new insights into brain plasticity ...

Animals that hide during winter, where animals go in winter, winter animal survival strategies, and hibernation in animals are questions many of us ask when the cold months arrive. As humans bundle up ...

Winter pushes every species in its own direction, and some creatures respond with solutions that feel almost improvised until you realize how long they’ve been refining them. The cold becomes a test ...

Hollow hairs are a key survival tool for Arctic animals, which have evolved to grow extraordinary weather-proof coats.

Spiders produce antifreeze compounds in their bloodstream to protect them from the cold winter. Find out more about how these ...

We take a look at two animals and an insect for clues to how life in the wild makes it through a long, cold winter in Northern Michigan. Hibernation? Forgettaboudit. Surviving the bitter cold of ...

A midland painted turtle. Unlike its land cousin the box turtle, painted turtles do not have a hinged bottom shell that closes when the head is pulled in. © Jim ...

The homesteading pros at Gold Shaw Farm explain how they ensure their animals survive the storm on the farm.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A midland painted turtle. Unlike its land cousin the box turtle, painted turtles do not have a hinged bottom shell that closes ...