Comparison of body temperature pattern of a hibernating arctic ground squirrel (in blue) and a hibernating bear (in red) in Alaska. The decrease in the bear's body temperature is much less than ...
Squirrels, known for their acrobatic leaps from tree to tree and runs along fences, pergolas, and shed roofs, do not fully hibernate like frogs and hedgehogs. Instead, they enter a lighter sleep ...
Watching one squirrel in particular, he used nuts to encourage it to pause. ‘After a few days, it stopped exactly where I wanted it to, on a fallen branch,’ he says. Michel captured this profile, ...