Hibernation is a survival strategy adopted by various creatures, from butterflies to bats, to endure cold, dark winters ...

This process is called hibernation. It is particularly common in small mammals like mice, hedgehogs and bats. Larger animals ...

For six to eight months of each year, thirteen-lined ground squirrels don’t leave their small, subterranean dens. Beneath ...

She and her co-researchers are also studying hunger cues and other aspects of ground squirrel’s extreme winter survival strategy–like how the animals know when it’s time to hibernate without ...

The days are shorter and colder now — winter is only three weeks away — prompting us to turn up thermostats and build fires in the fireplace to stay warm and cozy.

While not many of the animals you’ll see at the zoo will end up hibernating, because that would make for a boring zoo, those ...

You’ve heard of birds flying south to escape the winter, but do you know how chipmunks spend the colder months?

Unlocking the mystery of hibernation could improve medicine and support our ambitions for deep-space travel. A new study ...

A team of molecular and physiology specialists at the Yale University School of Medicine has uncovered some of the ...

When hibernating animals prepare for winter, their metabolism slows down, their sex drive wanes and they sleep in dens, surviving till spring on fat reserves. The theory that seasonal depression ...

The thirteen-lined ground squirrel doesn't drink during its winter hibernation, even though systems throughout its body are crying out for water ...