The “superpowers” of hibernating animals are also present in human DNA, according to a pair of recent studies that provide ...

A research team has investigated the genetic mechanisms underlying hibernation, but what could this research mean for human ...

Clusters of genes found in humans match those that hibernating animals like mice use to power down during lean times, a new ...

University of Utah research suggests the genetic tool kit that enables animals like bears to survive hibernation could also ...

New genetic research suggests that hibernating animals’ metabolic superpowers could lie hidden in our own DNA – and provides ...

Animals that hibernate are hardy and resilient; they can hunker down and go months without eating or drinking, yet their ...

Hibernating animals' amazing abilities could lie within our own DNA—and perhaps their resilience could one day be ours too.

Scientists pinpointed key "regulators" that help control the metabolisms of hibernators, and say the same genes might hold ...