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

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

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

“Bears aren’t true hibernators, in the most technical sense of the term, but rather enter a state of torpor, or extreme inactivity, in the winter,” Johnson wrote in the posts ...

Female bats have the incredible physiological ability to control when they get pregnant. They mate at the end of the summer, ...

Winter presents harsh challenges for animals, with freezing temperatures and scarce resources. To endure, they use ...

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 ...