Cold Adaptation

Bristlecone Pine Genome Reveals the High Cost of Five Millennia of Survival

Scientists have finally sequenced the massive, 25-billion-base-pair genome of the Great Basin bristlecone pine, uncovering the biological trade-offs of the world’s oldest living o… Apr 18, 2026

Environment

Hibernating queen bumblebees can survive eight days underwater

A laboratory accident has revealed that overwintering bumblebee queens can endure prolonged flooding by switching to a mixed-metabolic survival state, offering a buffer against er… Apr 12, 2026

Genetics

Hibernating hamsters could help astronauts

New lab work on hibernators — from Syrian hamsters to ground squirrels and bears — is revealing biological tricks that might let humans enter safe, reversible torpor for long spac… Feb 16, 2026

Science

How a 200‑Year Whale Outwits Aging

New research finds bowhead whales use an unusually powerful DNA‑repair system — driven by a cold‑activated protein called CIRBP — that may explain their 200‑plus year lifespans an… Nov 18, 2025

Articles about Cold Adaptation

Bristlecone Pine Genome Reveals the High Cost of Five Millennia of Survival

Hibernating queen bumblebees can survive eight days underwater

Hibernating hamsters could help astronauts

How a 200‑Year Whale Outwits Aging