hibernating

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Now researchers know why: Hibernating bears produce less of a protein that researchers just learned helps blood to clot, the team reports today in Science.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 12, 2023

Hibernating bears, grown fat from summer feasting, do not eat, drink, urinate or defecate while they are hibernating.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2016

Hibernating mammals, insects and even nematode worms all seem to turn off their cells in similar ways to frogs.

From Economist • Feb. 4, 2016

Animals Hibernating hedgehogs have overslept and are in danger of not waking up.

From The Guardian • Apr. 7, 2013

Hibernating: to pass the winter in a torpid or inactive state in close quarters.

From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William