Early to wake is neither healthy nor wise for bumblebees
Climate change affecting hibernation for the pollinators in North America, finds study; impact on human agriculture
Want to visit Mars? Zebrafish may help
Queen’s University researchers observed zebrafish in a state of induced torpor; they believe such a state could protect humans during …
Scientists work towards inducing human hibernation to treat diseases
With this, suspended animation may become ubiquitous in modern medicine sometime in the near future
Wake-up call: Animals at risk
Climate change is altering the hibernation periods of animals, disturbing their breeding patterns and metabolism
Simply Put: Emerging from hibernation
Torpor: a neat survival trick once thought rare in Australian animals is actually widespread
To enter torpor, an animal decreases its metabolism, reducing its energy requirements