Figure 1: Species-specific population dynamics of the members of Anopheles gambiae s.l. Additional methods used to collect mosquitoes outdoors included clay pots (with or without water/sugar), CDC ...

While winter hibernation is widely known, summer hibernation (estivation) is just as fascinating and vital for survival in ...

In 2017 a team out of the University of Oxford proposed the Aestivation Hypothesis. It's the idea that most aliens are hibernating, sort of like a bear but for longer. The scientists reason that ...

Mosquitoes can extend their lives by months by halting their growth and reproduction, allowing them to weather harsh conditions. The process, known as aestivation, offers new opportunities in the ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Aestivation is an adaptation for survival in high temperatures or drought conditions. It is used as a method to stop ...

In 1950, Italian-American physicist Enrico Fermi sat down to lunch with some of his colleagues at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he had worked five years prior as part of the Manhattan ...

This research suggests that short periods of dormancy, called aestivation, in addition to burrowing behaviour, may have been a crucial adaptation that allowed mammal ancestors to survive the P-T ...

Crocodiles, large tropical reptiles, exhibit varied sizes and diets, live near water, and have unique features like aestivation and powerful jaws. They face conservation challenges, with some ...