Certain species of ground squirrels hibernate underground without any food or water for up to eight months of the year. It’s ...

In the coldest months of winter, some furry rodents survive by hibernating. How do squirrels’ and other rodents’ special neurons allow them hibernate? Snow falls from the sky, and people walk around ...

How ground squirrels spend half of the year curled up without eating ... In addition to highlighting the role of microbes in hibernation, these findings may also inspire the development of ...

Hibernating squirrels can drop their body temperatures to just above freezing for weeks at a time. Even bears, much closer to us in size, are capable of surviving up to five months on their own ...

Hibernation is a survival strategy that allows certain species to endure harsh winters by slowing their body functions. Animals like squirrels, bears, and frogs enter a state of deep sleep or torpor ...

Syrian hamsters are native to northern Syria and thirteen-lined ground squirrels to Wisconsin, both chilly climates. “We’re trying to understand the molecular strategies that these animals employ in ...

Comparison of body temperature pattern of a hibernating arctic ground squirrel (in blue) and a hibernating bear (in red) in Alaska. The decrease in the bear's body temperature is much less than ...