Observation of such diverse creatures as bees, birds and a tiny crustacean indicates that they possess a common faculty to use the sun as a compass and a clock to guide their travels.

The badger is considered an especially powerful animal because of its command over both the space above the Earth, and the space below it. The badger is ceremonially important in the Sun Dance ritual.

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Every summer in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the sun triggers an explosion of life. A bloom of algae and plankton feeds shrimp-like krill that provide a feast for the planet’s largest animals ...