Boyertown’s 12th annual Coming Out of Hibernation event will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 12, with a rain date of April 13. The free, family-friendly event offers fun for ...

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 ...

There, these one-inch-long insects spend the entire summer hibernating in cool, alpine caves to escape the heat. When autumn arrives, the moths make the arduous return trip, completing their life ...

Secret of Hibernation By Science News Magazine Issue: Vol. 84 No. #17, October 26, 1963 Having trouble viewing this? Open in a new window Questions or comments on this article?

When tapirs dive, they can hold their breath and sink to the bottom, walking along the riverbed in search of tasty plants. A tapir can hold its breath for several minutes; however, this isn’t always ...

Environment Animals Wildlife Birds Wild cockatoos are learning how to use water fountains ...

Hibernation is an evolutionary adaptation that affords some mammals the ability to exploit the cold to achieve extreme metabolic depression (torpor) while avoiding ischemia/reperfusion or hemorrhagic ...