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

As winter arrives, certain animals adopt a unique survival strategy: hibernation. This deep, energy-saving state allows creatures like the edible dormouse, alpine marmot, and little brown bat to ...

Mr Blazey said: "Dormouse boxes have been set up around wooded areas as the animal likes to nest at the base of trees or even up in the canopy. "They can have up to seven young in the summer and ...

Leigh was carefully transported to Wildwood Trust, near Ottery St Mary in Devon, to complete a 30-day quarantine. In late spring, when the natural hibernation period ends, Leigh will be moved into ...

Bristol’s Leigh Woods has been chosen as part of a special dormouse reintroduction programme. Forestry England is supporting Wildwood Trust in a national breeding programme to reintroduce rare ...

When it comes to hibernation, a nest up in a tree would be prone to frost, so the dormice comes down and sleeps under piles of leaves at the base of trees or even a little way underground, ...

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Dormice populations could be declining less than previously thought. Debbie Bartlett, CC BY-ND. Dormice hibernate in winter at ground level. There would be many advantages of a method based on ...

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?