Hibernating animals are remarkably good at preserving lean body mass. Though they lose fat, they hold on to most of their ...

Raccoon activity could slow down during the winter months if it gets cold enough, but some may decide to use your home to ...

The 21-month trip to Mars poses a litany of problems, particularly keeping people healthy. Could hibernation be an answer?

Butterflies Do Rest: While they don’t sleep in the traditional sense, butterflies do have periods of rest when they are less active. Diurnal Creatures: Butterflies are primarily diurnal, meaning they ...

Their study, published in ACS Nano, demonstrates how DNP can induce a torpor-like state in Xenopus laevis frog tadpoles, ...

It avoids the harsh weather and lack of food by slipping into a deep sleep known as torpor. Its body temperature plunges to just a few degrees above zero, its heart barely beats, and it hardly ...