"Mating season is always around Valentine's Day, easy to remember," Emmert said. "Skunks have a stronger sense to be active and to go out and search for a mate, so they may be willing to be more ...

Come and enjoy the winter season at the Great Swamp Conservancy,  8375 N. Main St., Canastota, on Feb. 15 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Every winter, some animals disappear into a deep sleep, surviving the freezing temperatures in hibernation. From bears and ...

Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil may be the most famous weather-forecasting groundhog, thanks to additional publicity from ...

Kids in the Elmira area can spend a day of their upcoming winter break learning how animals spend their winters. Tanglewood ...

The newly blanketed, snowy ground can be a magical, serene image. But take a closer look. Do you see tracks in the snow? If ...

Animals at Omaha's zoo aren't allowed to mate at will. Space, genetics and overall compatibility are considered, and a master ...

Once the temperature gets below 70 degrees Fahrenheit, alligators go through what is referred to as brumation, where they ...

Sunday was Groundhog Day, the annual weirdo holiday where weather-prediction rodents and other animals come out of ...

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — Groundhog Day predictions about the coming of spring put the spotlight on Punxsutawney Phil every Feb. 2, ...

To make it there, hummingbirds sometimes enter a short-term hibernation of sorts, slowing their respiratory, heart and metabolic rates for several hours at a time to a point where some birds have ...

To make it there, hummingbirds sometimes enter a short-term hibernation of sorts, slowing their respiratory, heart and metabolic rates for several hours at a time to a point where some birds have ...