A team of paleontologists has discovered that a 250-million-year-old species of animal called Lystrosaurus likely relied on hibernation to survive back when Antarctica was still part of the ancient ...

New evidence suggests the Lystrosaurus species that roamed the Earth with the dinosaurs went into a state of hibernation to survive what is modern day Antarctica. The Lystrosaurus is a mammal-like ...

When faced with the hardship of frigid weather, some animals have a built-in survival mode: sleep. Hibernation-like behavior in the Antarctic Circle may date back 250 million years, new fossil records ...

Mass extinctions have radically influenced the history of life on Earth. Will we eventually succumb to such a catastrophe? Perhaps, but, in her new book Scatter, Adapt, and Remember, io9 editor in ...

The tusks of a stoutly built plant-eating mammal relative that inhabited Antarctica 250 million years ago are providing the oldest-known evidence that animals resorted to hibernation-like states to ...

Groundbreaking research indicates that hibernation-like behavior may be far older than previously thought. Fossils of Lystrosaurus, a pig-sized creature from 250 million years ago, show signs of ...

Weird pig-size animals with tusks were surviving a mass extinction, but not thriving. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. About 251 ...

The highly adaptable lystrosaurus used its constantly-growing tusks to help it forage among ground vegetation and dig for roots and tubers. The species was one of a minority which outlived the ...