When the cold and dark winter is setting in, some of us envy animals that can hibernate. This long, deep rest is an example of how nature develops clever solution to difficult problems. In this case, ...
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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How do animals hibernate?

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 ...
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How does hibernation work?

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 ...
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During frigid winter months when food supplies are scarce and survival becomes a struggle, some creatures unleash a natural superpower to withstand the energy bottleneck: hibernation. Amidst the chill ...
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 ...
Researchers have characterized changes in the structure of motor proteins, called myosins, and energy consumption that occur during hibernation, highlighting key differences in large and small ...
While sipping a morning coffee and looking out her window in Bowdoin, Maine, Kathi McCue recently spotted a groundhog. And it wasn't Punxsutawney Phil handing down his annual judgement on the length ...
A trope in science fiction is for advanced space missions to use suspended animation for long space missions. In fiction, they usually assume that suspended animation stops aging. This will be full on ...
Scientists report evidence of a hibernation-like state in Lystrosaurus, an animal that lived in Antarctica during the Early Triassic, some 250 million years ago. The fossils are the oldest evidence of ...