Hibernation, or “torpor” as scientists call it, ... In some species, like the 13-lined ground squirrel, this process can happen as many as 25 times per season.

Essentially, thirteen-lined ground squirrels appear to go through a puberty-esque process every hibernation period. Shade Eleazer GRD ’28, a third-year student in Yale’s Interdepartmental Neuroscience ...

One such state is called hibernation, which is usually experienced by warm-blooded animals, such as mammals like black bears. How Alligators Survive Cold Winters Without Hibernating Skip to main ...

People who sit still for hours have an increased risk of blood clots, but hibernating bears and people with long-term immobility don’t. A key clotting protein appears to be the reason why.

Blood clots, bed sores, bone loss — there is a whole host of ailments bears and other hibernating animals appear to avoid. So doctors and veterinarians are probing their deep-sleep ability.

Hibernating bumblebee queens have a superpower: Surviving for days underwater. Being submerged for a week didn’t put a damper on survival, suggesting a resilience to floods.