The winter season presents a series of challenges for wildlife, such as food shortages, cold temperatures and large snowfalls. Fortunately, many species have physiological and behavioral traits to ...

While most of us have the luxury of staying inside most of the winter, animals must find other ways to survive winter. Animals have had millions of years to develop ways to increase their chances of ...

Climate change is reshaping winter environments across the globe, altering snow cover duration, thermal regimes and photoperiod cues that terrestrial mammals have relied on for millennia. Key winter ...

Summer and winter seasons constitute vastly different living conditions for animals and plants in many parts of the world. So how have different organisms evolved to cope with this variation? A study ...

This lecture and field course explores adaptations of animals and plants for surviving the winter in northern latitudes. The course presents species identification, natural history, behavior, ecology ...

It’s not always a bad sign! Here’s how to know when your boxwoods need extra care. Some boxwoods turn yellow or bronze in winter as a normal seasonal change, especially in certain types, and usually ...