ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – While not many of the animals you’ll see at the zoo will end up hibernating, because that would make for a boring zoo, those who work there like the zoo’s Veterinarian Dr.

One way that animals like bears deal with food scarcity, especially during winter, is to hibernate. This allows them to conserve their energy by slowing their heart rate and even dropping their body ...

As leaves fall off the trees and temperatures grow bitingly cold, many animals prepare to hibernate for the winter. During this period, animals enter a state of torpor wherein they reduce their ...

Scientists have induced a hibernation-like deep sleep in mice—with just a few tweaks in their brains. The finding is generating a lot of buzz among the Interstellar crowd, where experts have suggested ...

Despite what Star Trek and Star Wars may have taught you, the amount of time required to travel between stars is vast.