Torpor is characterized by a sharp decrease in metabolic rate and body temperature for several hours. This low-energy state is like hibernation but occurs over much shorter periods of hours rather ...

To make it there, hummingbirds sometimes enter a short-term hibernation of sorts ... But rather than killing them, the process known as torpor allows the tiny hummingbirds to conserve enough ...

Torpor differs from true hibernation in that it allows bears to wake intermittently, seek food, or even change dens if necessary, explained Van Hoose. “This bear, though, should have been in ...