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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new study from the University of Alaska Fairbanks uncovers how arctic ground squirrels recycle nutrients to stay healthy during their long hibernations. Sarah Rice is the lead author of the paper ...

Maybe she has the right idea, the arctic ground squirrel. Sniffing the chilly air, looking up to see the first stars of the season, she has decided to check out. A few weeks shy of fall equinox, the ...

Improved organ transplantation, enhanced anorexia treatments and even the possibility of sending people deeper into space — Yale researchers believe that studying animals’ natural processes, like ...

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 ...

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 ...