An international animal welfare group announced the start of March Napness, a March Madness-style bracket tournament tracking when bears at sanctuaries across Europe will wake from hibernation.

You’ll notice the first flowers poking out of the ground and trees starting to bud. Also, many animals who spent the cold months in hibernation are finally waking up. Hibernation is a survival ...

Frogs and salamanders will soon be coming out of hibernation as the warmer weather arrives. A Maine organization known as ...

A hamster-sized primate from Madagascar, the fat-tailed dwarf lemur is our closest genetic relative known to hibernate. They also tend to live longer than you’d expect given their size. New research ...

Michigan black bears are leaving hibernation for the spring season. Experts offer guidance in case of bear encounters in northern Michigan. Michigan is home to more than 12,000 black bears ...

A bear that had pioneering brain surgery to save his life has emerged from semi-hibernation "looking brilliant, happy and healthy". Boki, a European brown bear, was suffering seizures and vision ...

AND AS MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING READY TO HEAD TO REMOTE AREAS LIKE WALKING TRAILS OR HIKING TRAILS, YOU WANT TO WATCH FOR WILDLIFE, SPECIFICALLY BEARS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF HIBERNATION.

Aside from their world-famous geysers, Yellowstone is renowned for its diverse populations of wildlife, especially its resident black bears. One of those bears and her new cadre of baby bear cubs were ...

One of the great marvels of nature is how bears, the largest carnivore in North America, are able to hibernate all winter, living off stores of fat they have built up through the rest of the year.

March 13 (UPI) --A zoo in England said the first brown bear to undergo brain surgery has awakened from hibernation and appears to be back to his old self. The Wildwood Trust said the bear ...

The bear cubs weren't quite ready to come out into the world just yet! They were waiting for mom to check things out and make ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Bears have started coming out of hibernation in our region and searching for food. Vermont Fish and Wildlife officials say because of warming winters and a growing bear ...