The Somerset County Department of Emergency Services, along with the U.S. National Weather Service State College, issued a cold weather advisory for Somerset County this week. The forecast says to ...

This phenomenon provides valuable insight into climate change and its impact on evolution. There are exceptions to Bergmann's rule, such as small burrowing animals that can change their microclimates ...

A new study has provided fresh insights into how animals such as the woolly mammoth, musk ox and arctic fox evolved to survive the cold during the ice age. A team of paleontologists and ...

It's not always cozy and warm in the Amazon rainforest: Cold waves can cause temperatures to drop drastically. Würzburg researchers have investigated how animals react to this. Anyone conducting ...

A lower body temperature is one of the most effective mechanisms to prolong the lifespan of animals. New research has now described precisely how this works. The scientists show that cold can prevent ...

In the face of a warming climate that is having a profound effect on global biodiversity and will change the distribution and abundance of many animals, a research team has developed a statistical ...

LE CLAIRE, Iowa — As severe cold continues across the Quad Cities, local farmers are working to protect livestock from dangerous winter conditions. On a Scott County farm, animals are waking up to ...

It would not be autumn without planting advice from Associated Press gardening expert Jessica Damiano. Damiano recently wrote about her experience planting garlic cloves. She was concerned not just ...

Typical animals in the lowland rainforest of the Amazon: On the left, the palm-sized dung beetle Coprophanaeus lancifer, which appears to be sensitive to low temperatures. On the right, the Brazilian ...