Subdued oil traders will be looking for clues at a major energy conference in London this week. Gold continues to pour into the US as the market provides arbitrage opportunities. And the price of ...

As it turns out, the tiny hummingbird is quite a busy bird. Hummingbirds are almost always hovering. They even stay flying ...

If astronauts could slow their metabolic rate drastically, they could potentially “sleep” through long voyages between the ...

SEATTLE — Snug as two bugs in a rug, three year old bears Fern and Juniper are mostly slumbering the winter season away at ...

The Willamette Valley is a long way from the deserts of Arizona and California, but that has not stopped a tiny feathered ...

The Champaign County Forest Preserves is thrilled to welcome two incredible new members to our education team.

"Mating season is always around Valentine's Day, easy to remember," Emmert said. "Skunks have a stronger sense to be active ...

The country seems ready to move right, but can it shake its torpor?

This wee thing is hibernating in a state of self-preservation called "torpor." This involves reducing a body temperature to almost a freezing level. Then, too, bats can reduce their heart rate − ...

For birds the size of hummingbirds to survive 15-degree weather is likely nothing short of amazing to many people, but in ...

A DECISION in August by Glencore management to retain the group’s coal assets raises the possibility of much-improved cash dividends and cash generation, analysts say. That’s the central thesis for ...