You’re at the park wearing a heavy winter coat, a beanie, gloves, a scarf, and warm boots—and you’re still numb and shivering from the cold. Then you notice a robin hopping from branch to branch.

But all birds have high body temperatures. The chickadee’s best trick is to go into torpor every night, a brief form of hibernation that reduces their body temperature by 20 degrees, saving energy. In ...

On winter nights, when temperatures fall far below freezing, small birds remain perched in open places that seem hostile to life. By morning, they are.

As a major winter storm blankets New England, Bill Danielson reflects on how birds endure brutal cold, deep snow and dark ...

Feathers are of course key to their winter success – these marvels of natural engineering are almost weightless yet extremely tough and weatherproof - take that, Gore-Tex. Layers of down and contour ...

They called it “Snowmageddon” on TV. The first big storm of the winter of 2025-2026 and, from a certain point of view, it was a big one. Western Massachusetts received a deep coat of fresh snow and it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over many of the past several years it seems as though winter really gets started around early January. Well, that’s not the case ...

Behavioral adaptations also help birds survive winter storms and frigid nights. In the most inclement weather, having access to shelter is critical. The downwind side of trees is a minimum shelter, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Karla Griesbaum talks to ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about what animals do during the winter. Ever wonder how animals ...

Over many of the past several years it seems as though winter really gets started around early January. Well, that’s not the case this year, as we have been in full winter mode since mid-November.

Nature never ceases to impress ...