From snails sleeping for years to squirrels snoozing through most of the year, discover how nature’s deepest sleepers survive ...

Hibernating bears may hold key to preventing deadly blood clots: study By . ... If it travels to the brain, heart, kidneys, lungs or other limbs, it can trigger a heart attack and stroke, ...

Hibernating bears stay healthy despite being very fat and sedentary. New research is focusing on what humans can learn from them. ... heart disease, kidney failure, frailty and other ills.

How hibernating squirrels go more than six months without water—and don’t get thirsty When a drink could mean death, it’s important to avoid the urge. By Lauren Leffer ...

Thirteen-lined ground squirrels hibernate for more than half of each year. Studying their extreme behavior has yielded biological insights and could lead to biomedical breakthroughs. Credit: Tyler ...

Human hibernation has been used to great effect in science-fiction films (think 1968’s 2001: A Space Odyssey or 1979’s Alien, to name just two), but is it really possible? And would people ...

Their heart rate slows to a fraction of its normal rate and body temperature plunges to just above freezing. Their cells stop all but a skeleton crew of functions. But every three weeks or so ...

Hibernation is an adaptation found in many creatures that helps them survive cold and dark winters when resources are unpredictable or insufficient. ... and reduces cardiac output and heart rate.

Blood clots, bed sores, bone loss — there is a whole host of ailments bears and other hibernating animals appear to avoid. So doctors and veterinarians are probing their deep-sleep ability.

For example, when dwarf lemurs hibernate, they reduce their heart rates from over 300 beats per minute to fewer than six, says Blanco. And instead of breathing about every second, they can go up ...

Hibernating Lemurs Can Turn Back the Clock on Cellular Aging. ... During this period of metabolic slow-motion, their heart rate slows from around 200 beats per minute to fewer than eight, they become ...

Hibernating bears spend months in a dormant state, lowering their heart rate below what’s typical in active months.