Dr Anish Andheria, president of the Wildlife Conservation Trust, says, “Early rains can prematurely trigger breeding in frogs and salamanders, causing them to emerge from aestivation.

Australia’s iconic bogong moths are the first creatures other than humans and some birds known to navigate by the night sky.

An Australian moth that migrates over 1000 kilometres to seek respite from summer heat is the first known invertebrate to use the stars as a compass on long journeys. Every spring, billions of ...

The alpine landscape near the Bogong moths' aestivation caves. (Image credit: Eric Warrant) Clambering into caves To test whether these moths are truly using the stars to navigate, the researchers ...

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The keepers needed to ensure the snails could rest, including “aestivation”, where they pull fully inside their shells to rest and conserve moisture. “We tried everything from PVC pipes to ...

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She explained turtles enter a dormant period similar to hibernation known as aestivation, in which they bury themselves in mud or sand.

Their findings were presented in “ Integrating photovoltaic with sea cucumber aquaculture: Environmental impacts and holothurian digestion and aestivation,” published in Aquaculture Reports.

The Aestivation Hypothesis: Are Aliens Waiting For The Next Era Of The Universe? According to the idea, aliens may be lurking until more interesting times.

IN connexion with some anatomical investigations now in progress, an occasion has arisen for reviewing the evidence for a possible affinity between the Ranales and the monocotyledons. A critical ...

As the first hard rain falls, signaling the end of the dry season, yellow toads emerge from aestivation, which is a state of dormancy similar to hibernation. The newly vigorous toads immediately begin ...