hibernate

It’s a time to hibernate, rest and nourish yourself in preparation for the year of parties ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

Rats do not hibernate, so when exposed to the cold, it can kill them outright or result in them producing fewer pups, as baby rats are known – which in turn slows population growth.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

The mechanisms animals use to hibernate or slow their metabolism during unfavorable seasonal conditions are similar to those used by resurrecting creatures, who are just rather more extreme about it.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2025

Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria that, after infecting a person, tend to hibernate in the body.

From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2025

I slept through the winter, the way plants hibernate.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

Its full life cycle remains a mystery, but it probably includes a cyst stage that hibernates on the lake bottom until it’s triggered to divide and release new cells.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

One of the largest toads native to North America and remarkably long-lived with a life span reaching 20 years, it hibernates underground for most of the year, resurfacing to breed around the summer monsoon rains.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2022

Kay doesn't think Abersoch hibernates in the autumn and winter, but admits the school's closure would be "another stab".

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2021

A white dwarf star gathers hydrogen from its neighbor for 100,000 years, erupts, hibernates, goes through a dwarf-nova stage — and does it all over again, possibly for a billion years.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2017

Come summer he gets dozy and hibernates through to autumn, and I can speak a bit better.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

The glove maker’s plant utilization rates are above 96%, excluding hibernated plants, he notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

"Blue-tongued skinks hibernated under the garage and at night blue-banded and teddy-bear bees slept in the hedges under the front window," Dr Holden said.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2023

Aristotle thought that some birds such as swallows hibernated in the colder months and that others transformed into different species—redstarts turned into robins for the winter, he proposed.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 15, 2022

“I knew there were people who hibernated between the finals and the start of the NFL regular season. I knew that there was a void in the industry and we can fill it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2018

And so, in her own way, the robot hibernated.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown

As hibernating animals, marmots put on weight before winter.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

With such an abundant year-round supply of snacks there’s a risk that bears could skip hibernating altogether if they become reliant on human food sources, the department said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025

"Minimizing disturbance to bats when they are hibernating or raising young is critical," Loeb said.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2024

Finally, the researchers wanted to understand the changes that occur at the protein level during the different hibernating phases.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024

She felt safe there, as though she were hibernating at the heart of the forest with time suspended and the world frozen—the temporary safety of a quiet way station one must leave in the morning.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson