hibernation
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In extreme conditions such as droughts, famines or freezing temperatures, animals activate resilience programs like hibernation instead of investing energy in reproduction.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
Read next: The Fed has gone into hibernation.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
Some will double their weight to prepare for wintertime hibernation, often scavenging for calories for up to 20 hours per day.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
Other “super-natural” creatures include painted turtles, who survive winter in frozen ponds; during underwater hibernation, they can breathe by dissolving oxygen through their shells.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
It is the adult beetles, emerging from hibernation to feed in late April and May, that transmit Dutch elm disease.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
