Genetic switches near the FTO locus may enable hibernators’ extreme metabolic resilience and could inspire future treatments ...

Hibernation is a survival strategy animals use when food is scarce, especially during winter. All animals need energy to stay alive, but when cold weather makes food hard to find, some animals slow ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A reader asks Answer Man what animals do about water, nutrients and waste while hibernating. ASHEVILLE - Today's burning question ...

A trio of researchers, two with Universidad Austral de Chile, and one with Universidad Católica de Chile, has found that a gram of hibernating bat has a similar metabolism to a gram of hibernating ...

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Compared with the trudge to work through several feet of snow, winter hibernation sounds like a pretty cushy lifestyle. But it's not a dislike of cold, wet feet that drives some animals into a wintry ...

Animals that hibernate: Many animals go into hibernation when winter comes, which is one of nature's most amazing ways to stay alive. If you're wondering which animal hibernates the longest, the ...

In the world of science, a slumbering lemur is something to get excited about. More than slumbering — a lemur in hibernation. In March, scientists working at the Duke Lemur Center announced in Nature ...

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The animal care team at Montreal’s Ecomuseum Zoo usually picks the spring day Genie the bear will come out of hibernation ...

Hibernation is a remarkable adaptation that mammals living in colder regions have developed to survive the winter months when food is scarce. Animals slow down their heart rates, lower their body ...