New evidence suggests the Lystrosaurus species that roamed the Earth with the dinosaurs went into a state of hibernation to survive what is modern day Antarctica. The Lystrosaurus is a mammal-like ...

Mass extinctions have radically influenced the history of life on Earth. Will we eventually succumb to such a catastrophe? Perhaps, but, in her new book Scatter, Adapt, and Remember, io9 editor in ...

A team of paleontologists has discovered that a 250-million-year-old species of animal called Lystrosaurus likely relied on hibernation to survive back when Antarctica was still part of the ancient ...

At a time when Earth was going through massive environmental changes and most species were wiped out by Siberian volcanic eruptions, some animals actually managed to survive the chaos. During this ...

A creature that lived 250 million years ago with elephant-like tusks and a "turtle-like beak" is the oldest-known creature to hibernate in order to survive, a newly published study has found. The ...

In the tusks of creatures that lived before dinosaurs, paleontologists found signs of hibernation-like metabolism. By Kenneth Chang How to tell if something that died 250 million years ago hibernated ...

When faced with the hardship of frigid weather, some animals have a built-in survival mode: sleep. Hibernation-like behavior in the Antarctic Circle may date back 250 million years, new fossil records ...

The highly adaptable lystrosaurus used its constantly-growing tusks to help it forage among ground vegetation and dig for roots and tubers. The species was one of a minority which outlived the ...