Until very recently, everything we knew about bear hibernation could be fairly well captured in a single sentence: We’re pretty sure they do it. They disappear into dens for months at a time, they ...

Hibernation is an adaptation found in many creatures that helps them survive cold and dark winters when resources are unpredictable or insufficient. During hibernation, many mammals and birds turn ...

The first hibernation studies with human subjects could be feasible within a decade, a European Space Agency (ESA) researcher thinks. Such experiments would pave the way for a science-fiction-like ...

We all know what hibernation is, don’t we? It’s probably one of the earliest “science” facts we learn in life: every winter, instead of facing the cold and dreary weather ahead of them, certain ...