Whilst researching the potential stories for the Mammals Heat episode we came across a newly described behaviour about white sifaka lemurs in Madagascar hugging tree trunks to keep cool!

All you could see was ceiling and tree,'' he said. ''I was just going through sheer panic at that point.'' John Savage said his grandparents were found hugging one another in the bed, adding that ...

Truphena Muthoni has attempted a new world record with a tree-hugging marathon. The 21-year-old hugged a single tree in a public park in downtown Nairobi, Kenya for almost 48 hours. She is waiting ...