University of Utah research suggests the genetic tool kit that enables animals like bears to survive hibernation could also ...

A research team has investigated the genetic mechanisms underlying hibernation, but what could this research mean for human ...

The “superpowers” of hibernating animals are also present in human DNA, according to a pair of recent studies that provide ...

Clusters of genes found in humans match those that hibernating animals like mice use to power down during lean times, a new ...

Scientists found genetic elements linked to hibernation in the human genome. Tapping into them could produce a new wave of medical treatments.

Hibernating animals' amazing abilities could lie within our own DNA—and perhaps their resilience could one day be ours too.

While hibernating bears can’t help us escape long plane flights or unforgiving winters — they may help us prevent blood clots, according to a new study that looked at the blood samples of both ...

In New York, approximately 13,000 Indiana bats are known to exist in 17 hibernacula (places where bats hibernate such as ...

Scientists studied hibernating bears in Sweden. Getty Images/iStockphoto They took blood samples again during their “active months” over the summer between June 2019 and 2022.

What they discovered underneath were five black bears: a mama and four cubs. Executive director of BEAR League, Ann Bryant, told CNN Thursday the bears had likely been hibernating under the house ...

A family in Connecticut recently discovered a black bear hibernating underneath their deck, and they were able to capture the animal on video. On Dec. 30, Plainville-resident Vincent Dashukewich ...