Tag: metabolism

North American pikas survive their high-altitude winters by keeping warm in their burrows. Not so for the plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Temperatures there plunge below negative...

Little brown bats that survive the deadly white-nose syndrome have different genes than those that have died from it, researchers found, suggesting an evolutionary path for bats to survive a...

Some polar bears (Ursus maritimus), aren’t catching enough seals (Pusa hispida) to meet their energy demands, according to new research. For the past 20 decades, the U.S. Geological Survey has...