The drop in body temperature that occurs during a torpid state is linked to molecular markers of longer life in mice.

Surviving extreme conditions in nature is no easy feat. Many species of mammals rely on special adaptations called daily ...

Cinnamon and Louie, the bears at the California Living Museum, have awoken from their torpor. Officials with the California ...

To buffer against these challenges, hummingbirds use a process called torpor, a sort of overnight hibernation. In new research published this week, Shayne R. Halter, a Ph.D. candidate at The ...

Now, his group explores how the brains of animals initiate and regulate torpor and hibernation, and how the cells of hibernators withstand colder temperatures. During prolonged periods of food ...

We’re all familiar with the outward signs of aging, such as sagging skin or thinning hair. But many age-related changes start ...

Wycombe head coach Mike Dodds revealed a few choice words helped raise his side from their first-half torpor at Peterborough ...