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hibernation

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Hibernation is a state of deep sleep that some animals enter during winter months, during which their body temperature drops and their metabolism slows dramatically to conserve energy when food is scarce. This adaptation allows animals like bats to survive long periods without eating or moving, making it a crucial survival strategy for many species in cold climates.

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10,228 papers

Hibernation-Based Approaches in the Treatment of Hemorrhagic Shock.ReviewShock (Augusta, Ga.) · 2018Wolf A, Lusczek ER, Beilman GJDOI: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000001094
Hibernation as a model for skeletal muscle preservation.ReviewAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Porczak AE, Feng NYDOI: 10.1111/nyas.15389
Perspective: rheostasis revisited-hibernation and tanycytes.ReviewJournal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2025Wood SHDOI: 10.1007/s00360-025-01636-x
Hibernation: when good clocks go cold.ReviewJournal of biological rhythms · 2003Ruby NFDOI: 10.1177/0748730403254971
Hibernation slows epigenetic ageing in yellow-bellied marmots.Nature ecology & evolution · 2022Pinho GM, Martin JGA, Farrell C et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01679-1
Renal adaptation during hibernation.ReviewAmerican journal of physiology. Renal physiology · 2013Jani A, Martin SL, Jain S et al.DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00675.2012
Molecular interactions underpinning the phenotype of hibernation in mammals.ReviewThe Journal of experimental biology · 2019Andrews MTDOI: 10.1242/jeb.160606
The timing of hibernation in Tasmanian echidnas: why do they do it when they do?ReviewComparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology · 2002Nicol S, Andersen NADOI: 10.1016/s1096-4959(02)00018-0

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Commons category: Hibernation
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Contents

Mammals
Obligate hibernation
Facultative hibernation
Primates
Bears
Birds
Dormancy and freezing in ectotherms
Hibernation induction trigger (HIT) protein and recombinant protein technology
In humans
Evolution of hibernation
In endothermic animals
Brumation in reptiles
Diapause in arthropods
Winter dormancy in fish
See also
References
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Hibernation is a state of minimal activity and metabolic reduction entered by some animal species. Hibernation is a seasonal heterothermy characterized by low body-temperature, slow breathing and heart-rate, and low metabolic rate. It is most commonly used to pass through winter months – called overwintering.