Have you ever wondered how fish survive throughout different seasons? Unlike mammals, which store food and have plenty of fur ...
As Eli Lilly begins to take the next generation of obesity drugs to regulators this year, a lower-profile collaboration ...
Genetic switches near the FTO locus may enable hibernators’ extreme metabolic resilience and could inspire future treatments ...
The incredible ability of bears to hibernate for months at a time has inspired some interesting lines of research around how their secrets might benefit human health, and among them is a focus on ...
Scientists at the University of Utah are looking at how bears and other mammals hibernate in an effort to find genetic clues for combating human obesity and related diseases. By finding the right ...
It’s not easy being a queen — a bumblebee queen, that is. To start her colony in the spring, an expectant queen must first survive the winter by hibernating alone in the soil, where she’s vulnerable ...
Fat Bear Week started Wednesday, that glorious autumn tradition when anyone with an internet connection can vote for the plumpest brown bear in Alaska’s Katmai National Park. Last year, more than ...
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Hibernating bumblebee queens can actually breathe underwater like tiny scuba divers
A newly mated bumblebee queen typically spends the winter alone underground. After mating in late summer or fall, she burrows ...
Last year, three Syrian brown bears were rescued from captivity after being kept in cages and bred for profit. At their new ...
People stuck sitting in tight airplane seats for an entire long-haul flight are at risk of dangerous blood clots. But somehow immobile, hibernating bears are not. Now scientists know why. Bears ...
One animal that truly hibernates is the European hedgehog. Though hibernation periods among animals vary from a few days to a few weeks, most settle down during winter, when normal food supplies are ...
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