As winter arrives, certain animals adopt a unique survival strategy: hibernation. This deep, energy-saving state allows ...

The animal's population suffered a huge decline at the beginning of the 21st century. Experts release tiny creature in secret ...

A video of an adorable snoring dormouse, deep in hibernation, has gone viral this week. English dormice sleep from October to April, and animals as diverse as squirrels, lemurs, and bears all ...

The edible dormouse can hibernate for more than 11 months at a time. Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark. What animal hibernates the longest?

Dormice may begin their winter sleep as early as October. Quite our champion snoozer, the dormouse — hence, of course, the name, from the French dormir.The edible version (Glis glis) holds the ...

Greedy dormouse ate so many seeds in bird feeder it was too chubby to get out ... The mouse was preparing for hibernation (Picture: SWNS) ‘I also just thought it was hilarious.

The napping dormouse was living up to her name which means 'sleepy one.' Wrapped up in her tail, tucked into a tight little sleepy rodent had made herself into a bundle the same size as a squash ball.

Hibernation, simply, is a state of inactivity in animals. ... This means that in any given year, a dormouse can spend most of the time sleeping.

Aging dormice shorten their hibernation for more reproduction Date: October 31, 2018 Source: University of Veterinary Medicine -- Vienna Summary: Edible dormice are extremely long-lived thanks to ...

This adorable dormouse tucked herself into a ball of fur and fell asleep for the winter after finding a suitable place to hibernate - or so she thought. The little animal was in fact disturbed ...

New research shows that Glis glis, the edible dormouse of central Europe, can snooze for more than 11 months straight. Dormice, like many other creatures, typically spend the winter in a state of ...