It's not always cosy and warm in the Amazon rainforest: cold waves can cause temperatures to drop drastically. Würzburg researchers have investigated how animals react to this.

This expansive forest stretches across several South American countries, breathing life into the very atmosphere we depend on ...

Insects are completely immobile during torpor ... Holzmann et al, Cold waves in the Amazon rainforest and their ecological impact, Biology Letters (2025). DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.

It's not always cozy and warm in the Amazon rainforest: Cold waves can cause ... Conclusion: All in all, the insects and mammals studied appear to have coped well with the cold wave- with one ...

This is the Amazon rainforest, the largest rainforest on ... It's home to lots of bugs and insects. All in this tiny spot of the tree! And what's that animal up in the tree? A jaguar!

Focus on Insects and Mammals For the study ... www.andiv.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/ < Typical animals in the lowland rainforest of the Amazon: On the left, the palm-sized dung beetle Cop ...

This is the Amazon rainforest, the largest rainforest on ... It's home to lots of bugs and insects. All in this tiny spot of the tree! And what's that animal up in the tree? A jaguar!