Videos of the “gator-cicles,” as the staff of a North Carolina park called them on social media, are circulating widely online, sparking amazement, fear and intrigue in brumation — the ...

In hibernation, warm-blooded mammals fall into a deep sleep and do not eat or drink. In brumation, reptiles, including alligators, don't fully fall asleep, have periods of activity, and drink to ...

LITTLE RIVER, S.C. – Emerging from a cold body of water after brumation, the alligators in South Carolina look like a powdered cheese snack baking in the sun. Photographer Dan Krieger was ...

Had to do some research on their brumation process." Brumation, the term for a reptile's dormant state during cold months, is a natural survival mechanism for many species, including snapping turtles.

Where is celebrity desert tortoise Mojave Max? Now that he's awake and emerged from brumation—a reptile's version of hibernation—I started thinking, "what does this guy know that we don't ...

"It was fun, kind of a whole family event." What is brumation and how do turtles survive over the winter? Snapping turtles are cold-blooded. To avoid freezing as temperatures drop in the winter ...

Gators go into what’s called brumation, in some ways similar to hibernation, which is when mammals go into a deep sleep, but alligators are not deep sleepers. In fact, when the weather gets ...

The Idaho Fish and Game office in Nampa spoke with the Idaho Statesman over the phone to tell us about what is known as the “brumation process.” What happens to snakes during brumation?