Dear Reader, Winter is long. There have been plenty of times we've wished for the life of a groundhog. One where we polish off Thanksgiving dinner, say "good night" and sleep until the warm winds of spring blow. And while we joke that we'd celebrate never lifting another shovel, it's no joke that hibernation really is an amazing physiological change. When scientists or naturalists explain that metabolic rates slow in order to save energy, they are talking about rates slowing ...Continue Reading →