Grey squirrels, or Eastern grey squirrels, primarily live in the Eastern half of the U.S. and southern Canada. There is also a healthy population in the U.K., where they were imported in the 19th ...

Arctic ground squirrels are such adept hibernators that they can remain in their slumber for up to eight months by slowing their metabolic system down so greatly that they only need to breathe once ...

The ground squirrel and the Syrian hamster, two rodents that hibernate in the winter, do not feel cold in the same way as non-hibernators, such as rats or mice. Researchers have discovered that ...

When arctic ground squirrels hibernate for the winter, they can lower their body temperatures to freezing levels and stay dormant for up to eight months. Researchers at the University of Alaska ...

The unique way that ground squirrels burn almost no energy when they hibernate -- with no loss of muscle mass -- has implications for space travel, biologists find. When bears and ground squirrels ...

For one glorious week in October we get to celebrate the fat bears of the world. Thanks to explore.org's bear cam position on the Brooks River in Alaska, viewers spend a full season getting to know ...

Q: With this mild winter weather, I’ve seen squirrels more than I usually do. Do squirrels hibernate? -- Richard, Bettendorf A: No, the squirrels in this area are tree squirrels, and they don’t ...

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 ...

Winter is coming, and a plethora of animals — and some humans — are stocking up on the comfort food to make it through the harshest months. The findings demystify the metabolic processes which keep ...

Food and oxygen are scarce on deep space flights. Time is plentiful. Science fiction has a suggested remedy for this daunting problem: hibernation. Books and movies have long conveyed the image of ...