When the heat of summer hits, the urge to find somewhere to cool off can be strong. Some of us go for a dip in the pool or pack the car for a trip to the beach. Other times, all we can do is duck into ...
Koalas hug cool trees to beat the heat, say University of Melbourne’s School of Botany researchers
More, it turns out, if it can find a nice big tree trunk to hug. Australian researchers have found koalas cope with heatwaves by finding large trees with trunks much cooler than the air. “We found ...
Australia’s cuddly koala rarely drinks water and doesn’t have any sweat glands, long leaving scientists to wonder how it cools off in a heatwave. Zoologists yesterday announced they had uncovered the ...
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