This year's contest is a (bed)head-to-head battle to see who can stay in hibernation the longest. The players are 23 rescue bears residing at six FOUR PAWS sanctuaries across the globe.

A bear in Minnesota was rescued by local authorities on Monday after it became stuck in an icy culvert during his winter hibernation. The 6-year-old bear had hunkered down in a roadside culvert ...

During hibernation, they remain healthy under conditions that would weaken and sicken mere humans. The bears emerge months later, lean, strong and barely affected by their months of starvation and ...

But with the deepest part of winter upon us, not all bears are hibernating. Scott and Keely Wooster are familiar – maybe too familiar – with a couple non-hibernating black bears that regularly ...

Bears across Europe are competing, not for food or mates, but for who can sleep the longest. Inspired by March Madness, March Napness is an annual bracket-style tournament where hibernating bears ...

In reality, hibernation is much more complex than that. Are polar bears on that list? They don't take a long winter's nap the way you may think. Polar bears are not "true hibernators," Polar Bears ...

WANNASKA, Minn. --A hibernating bear was rescued after becoming stuck in deep snow and ice in rural Roseau County. According to the Department of Natural Resources, the bear became stuck in a ...