Hibernation is a survival strategy animals use when food is scarce, especially during winter. All animals need energy to stay alive, but when cold weather makes food hard to find, some animals slow ...

Hibernation is a survival strategy animals use when food is scarce, especially during winter. All animals need energy to stay ...

Hibernation and torpor are two different states an animal can enter in which their heart rate, breathing and body temperature drops, according to Sara Evans Kirol, Bighorn National Forest public ...

In most cultures, the winter solstice marks the symbolic death and rebirth of the Sun as it began the reversal of longer ...

There is more to hibernation than having a long winter’s nap, says Norfolk Wildlife Trust conservation officer .

To understand this phenomenon more closely, let us take a look at seven things snakes do when they are undergoing brumation. These are strange but important elements of a snake’s behaviour. During ...