Grey squirrels, or Eastern grey squirrels, primarily live in the Eastern half of the U.S. and southern Canada. There is also a healthy population in the U.K., where they were imported in the 19th ...

The thirteen-lined ground squirrel doesn’t drink during its winter hibernation, even though systems throughout its body are crying out for water. Madeleine Junkins and colleagues now show that the ...

Cataract removal is one of the oldest and most common surgeries in the world. A surgeon makes small incisions in the eye, sucks out the cloudy lens and replaces it with an artificial lens implant.

When winter sets in and food becomes scarce, some mammals hibernate, entering a state of deep rest that slashes their energy needs and allows them to fast for months. However, fasting deprives them of ...

We preselected all newsletters you had before unsubscribing.

With days starting to get longer and warmer, many creatures are emerging from their winter sleep, ready to find food and restart their normal activities. Photo by Twan Leenders Winter is fading away ...

Novel adaptations discovered in hibernating animals may reveal ways to mitigate injuries associated with strokes, heart attacks and organ transplants, according to researchers at the University of ...