For decades, classroom posters have shown cartoon bears snoozing all winter, held up as the classic example of hibernation. Recent reporting has challenged that picture and shown that bears follow a ...

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, ...

GREENSBORO,N.C. - When it's cold outside, you want to stay inside. And you're not the only one. It's part of nature to want to hunker down inside. When animals hibernate they go into what we would ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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What about a dolphin doze or a squirrel snooze? “The Secret World of Animal Sleep,” an animated series on Smithsonian Earth’s website, unlocks the secrets of sleepy wildlife, such as birds that sleep ...

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 ...

Some animals migrate south for the winter while others stay put and hibernate. The American black bear is one of nine bear species that really knows how to hunker down for a long winter's nap. It can ...