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?

Entering a state of torpor: Hibernation involves a state called ‘torpor’. A phase where animals significantly reduce their metabolic activities to conserve energy. It is a behavioural ...

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

In the video, the bear pulls dirt and other debris toward its den before slowly backing itself deep into the hole and ...

The video starts with the bear already in their den, using their claws to drag dirt and sticks around them. They work slowly ...

Animals enter torpor through sleep, and in a way sleep echoes the metabolic reductions of hibernation. In sleep, human metabolism drops by around 15% and our body temperatures also fall a few degrees.

When hedgehogs hibernate they go through cycles of torpor in which they decrease their metabolic rate and body temperature. Torpor bouts, typically lasting a few days to weeks, are interspersed ...

When hedgehogs hibernate, they go through cycles of torpor in which they decrease their metabolic rate and body temperature. Torpor bouts, typically lasting a few days to weeks, are interspersed ...

Research has found hedgehogs living in the same, semi-rural area have wide variation in hibernation timing and pattern, with some entering hibernation as much as three months later than others.