Enjoy our cross-curricular unit on hibernating animals, designed to engage young learners in the incredible ways animals ...

Animals that hibernate in winter use fascinating survival strategies. Discover 7 famous creatures, from bears to frogs, that ...

When the cold and dark winter is setting in, some of us envy animals that can hibernate. This long, deep rest is an example of how nature develops clever solution to difficult problems. In this case, ...

Snail holds the overall record, lasting up to 3 years in dormancy. Australian Pygmy Possum is the longest continuous mammal sleeper (367 days). True hibernation involves extreme body temperature and ...

In the world of science, a slumbering lemur is something to get excited about. More than slumbering — a lemur in hibernation. In March, scientists working at the Duke Lemur Center announced in Nature ...

GREENSBORO,N.C. - When it's cold outside, you want to stay inside. And you're not the only one. It's part of nature to want to hunker down inside. When animals hibernate they go into what we would ...

Compared with the trudge to work through several feet of snow, winter hibernation sounds like a pretty cushy lifestyle. But it's not a dislike of cold, wet feet that drives some animals into a wintry ...

What about a dolphin doze or a squirrel snooze? “The Secret World of Animal Sleep,” an animated series on Smithsonian Earth’s website, unlocks the secrets of sleepy wildlife, such as birds that sleep ...

In winter, you secretly envy bears, who have the privilege of hibernating without having to justify themselves. You'd love to ...

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