Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Eurasian common shrew survives winter by shrinking its brain and organs by up to about 20 percent, then regrowing them in ...

The common shrew looks unremarkable, a few grams of fur and teeth scurrying under leaf litter. Yet this tiny mammal performs one of the strangest tricks in biology, shrinking its own brain and skull ...

Most mammals take one of two approaches to survive the winter: they either hibernate, slowing their bodies to a near standstill, or they bulk up with extra fat to burn when food runs low. Then there’s ...

The Winter Olympics 2026 officially began last Friday in northern Italy. From ski jumping to curling, figure skating to snowboarding, lots of athletes will reach extraordinary speeds over the course ...

TO BE OUT AND ABOUT. WELL, IN THIS MORNING’S MEDICAL ALERT, THE WINTER OLYMPICS ARE COMING AND BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MARYLAND HAS SOME TIPS IN ADVANCE FOR KEEPING YOU SAFE AND PREVENTING INJURY.