During hibernation, brown bears spend up to six months lying almost completely still, without eating, drinking or exercising.

A newly mated bumblebee queen typically spends the winter alone underground. After mating in late summer or fall, she burrows ...

Last year, three Syrian brown bears were rescued from captivity after being kept in cages and bred for profit. At their new ...

The incredible ability of bears to hibernate for months at a time has inspired some interesting lines of research around how their secrets might benefit human health, and among them is a focus on ...

Hope the rescue bear is taking part in FOUR PAWS' March Napness competition ...

Scientists at the University of Utah are looking at how bears and other mammals hibernate in an effort to find genetic clues for combating human obesity and related diseases. By finding the right ...

It’s not easy being a queen — a bumblebee queen, that is. To start her colony in the spring, an expectant queen must first survive the winter by hibernating alone in the soil, where she’s vulnerable ...

It’s common knowledge that animals who hibernate such as bears and ground squirrels, reduce their energy demands and use their fat reserves to meet their energy needs until spring. Yet, it has been a ...

Michigan’s largest bat colony is defying a disease that has killed millions of bats across the U.S. and Canada over the last 20 years.

People stuck sitting in tight airplane seats for an entire long-haul flight are at risk of dangerous blood clots. But somehow immobile, hibernating bears are not. Now scientists know why. Bears ...

One animal that truly hibernates is the European hedgehog. Though hibernation periods among animals vary from a few days to a few weeks, most settle down during winter, when normal food supplies are ...