The thirteen-lined squirrel, aptly named for the thirteen stripes on its back, spends much of its time above ground dodging angry humans. But for several months of the year, it gets a reprieve: Like ...

The unique way that ground squirrels burn almost no energy when they hibernate -- with no loss of muscle mass -- has implications for space travel, biologists find. When bears and ground squirrels ...

Hannah V. Carey received funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation for this work. Matthew Regan receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the ...