Lots of arctic animals, including bears, woodchucks and chipmunks, hibernate through the cold winter months. During hibernation, these animals aren't sleeping. Instead, their heart rate, body ...

The first animal many people think of when they think of hibernation is probably a bear. But there are many other animals who spend the cold winter months hibernating. Animals hibernate when food runs ...

Scientists at the University of Utah are looking at how bears and other mammals hibernate in an effort to find genetic clues for combating human obesity and related diseases. By finding the right ...

Ravenous black bears scurrying through trash cans for dinner, mosquitoes swarming in the early grass, amorous deer behaving like, well, rabbits. Creatures great and small are being thrown for a loop ...

It’s common knowledge that animals who hibernate such as bears and ground squirrels, reduce their energy demands and use their fat reserves to meet their energy needs until spring. Yet, it has been a ...

The winter months bring in colder weather in Arizona and, with it, a wave of animals that migrate through the Copper State. The snow and cold temperatures in places near Flagstaff and Pinetop-Lakeside ...

The days are getting shorter, the temperatures are dropping. Numerous animals are migrating south, others are seeking their ...

Researchers at the University of Utah have made an important discovery about parts of mammalian genomes linked to hibernation that could improve the understanding and treatment of obesity and ...