Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A reader asks Answer Man what animals do about water, nutrients and waste while hibernating. ASHEVILLE - Today's burning question ...

Hibernation is a remarkable adaptation that mammals living in colder regions have developed to survive the winter months when food is scarce. Animals slow down their heart rates, lower their body ...

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 ...

Animals that hibernate: Many animals go into hibernation when winter comes, which is one of nature's most amazing ways to stay alive. If you're wondering which animal hibernates the longest, the ...

I've been talking about raptors to school groups for decades. At one point, I ask the students what the prey animals - i.e. mice, rabbits, chipmunks - are doing in spring. Inevitably, a student will ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Lower temperatures cause some animals to go into hibernation. However, only a couple mammals in Massachusetts hibernate for the winter. As those temperatures start to drop, ...

The term hibernation evokes images of plump bears curled up in cozy dens to survive winter. But these aren’t the only places to find slumbering critters. During hibernation, animals slow their ...

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, ...

Humans possess the genetic machinery that bears and bats use for hibernation, research has found. Is this the dawn of a new ...

Why do some animals hibernate? -- Seinab Fahim, 10, Herndon What would you do if somebody turned off the heat from November through March -- and closed all the grocery stores in your neighborhood at ...