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 ...

You know that moment when you’re minding your own business… and a squirrel launches itself across two branches like it’s ...

Arctic ground squirrels are such adept hibernators that they can remain in their slumber for up to eight months by slowing their metabolic system down so greatly that they only need to breathe once ...

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 ...

The unique way that ground squirrels burn almost no energy when they hibernate -- with no loss of muscle mass -- has implications for space travel, biologists find. When bears and ground squirrels ...

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 ...

Winter is coming, and a plethora of animals — and some humans — are stocking up on the comfort food to make it through the harshest months. The findings demystify the metabolic processes which keep ...

Q: With this mild winter weather, I’ve seen squirrels more than I usually do. Do squirrels hibernate? -- Richard, Bettendorf A: No, the squirrels in this area are tree squirrels, and they don’t ...

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 ...

I used to work at Disney World and something I always found curious was when people would stop and huddle around a patch of grass and take pictures of squirrels. Living in the US, squirrels are, like, ...

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 ...