For example, grizzly bears hibernate during the winter months when food is scarce. They spend the summer and fall eating as much as they can to build up fat reserves for the winter. This cycle of feasting and f
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Black bears who hibernate during winter don't let sleep stop them from giving birth.Pregnant bears in the wildhave been recorded doing exactly that, with their heart rates increasing throughout the pregnancy and spiking during birth. After the cubs are born, the mama bear's heart returns to ...
The dormouse can hibernate for 11 months Ever wanted to take a year-long nap? The edible dormouse has the ability to stay dormant for up to 11 months straight in the wild. To pull off this feat, the animals need to eat enough to double (or triple) their weight while awake to create...
Ermine (AKA short-tailed weasel) have molted from brown to white pelage for winter months. Black bears, an uncommon species in the Buffalo-Niagara Region but increasingly common to our south, are in carnivorous lethargy. In this state, which is not a true form of hibernation, a bear’s he...
An Arctic fox is a type of white fox that lives in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Scandinavia and...
just one beat per minute. Researchers at Duke University and the University of Alaska Fairbanks are now working to identify how this species prioritizes fat as fuel in low-oxygen conditions. Finding a way to get heart surgery patients to do the same may reduce injury to organs during ...