How a species of ground squirrel manages to go without food and water over the winter months

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Nov 30, 2024, 11:40 am124 ptsTrending
A team of molecular and physiology specialists at the Yale University School of Medicine has uncovered some of the hibernating secrets of thirteen-lined ground squirrels, and have partly explained how it manages to avoid thirst during its long winter layover. Their paper is published in the journal Science.

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