Certain species of ground squirrels hibernate underground without any food or water for up to eight months of the year. It’s ...

In the coldest months of winter, some furry rodents survive by hibernating. How do squirrels’ and other rodents’ special neurons allow them hibernate? Snow falls from the sky, and people walk around ...

If humanity is to become a spacefaring civilization, we'll need to sort out how to get a lot of sleep in space. After all, with today's technology, it would take around nine months just to get to Mars ...

How ground squirrels spend half of the year curled up without eating a thing and yet manage to maintain their protein balance, barely losing any muscle mass, has been a long-standing mystery. This is ...

Comparison of body temperature pattern of a hibernating arctic ground squirrel (in blue) and a hibernating bear (in red) in Alaska. The decrease in the bear's body temperature is much less than ...