As winter approaches, you are probably breaking out your warm coat and spending more time inside. When you need food, you make a trip to the grocery store. But for animals who live outside all year, ...

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 ...

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ASHEVILLE - Today's burning question is about hibernation, the need for water and other less savory biological processes. Got a question for Answer Man or Answer Woman? Email Interim Executive Editor ...

When we think of hibernation, most of us imagine animals snoozing through the cold months. But guess what? Some creatures are like, “No thanks” to summer, too. Yep, these 8 animals that hibernate in ...

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 ...

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, ...

Have you ever been a little groggy when you woke up? Maybe your family was leaving really early in the morning for vacation and your mom or dad woke you up to start the long drive. You probably were a ...

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 ...

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 solutions to difficult problems. In this case, ...