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The International Hibernation Society is happy to release the Seasonal Hibernation Highlights for the Fall 2026.

Enjoy reading the latest research on Torpor & Hibernation as Seasonal Adaptive Strategies and as Biomimicry Inspiration!

The International Hibernation Society is happy to release the Seasonal Hibernation Highlights for the Summer 2026.

Enjoy reading the latest research on Torpor & Hibernation as Seasonal Adaptative Strategies and as Biomimicry Inspiration!

Also stay tune if you want to know more on the long term & intergenerational effects of early-life heterothermic expression with studies about to be submitted and in preparation. So coming out hopefully soon!

A special thanks to my former graduate student, Laura Charlanne, first author of the study, now lecturer & postdoctoral researcher.

Also a huge thanks to all co-authors of the study who made this journey possible.

Now I am thrilled to announce the publication of the first piece of a long-term study on developmental flexibility of energy saving strategies, namely torpor & huddling, in a small fat storing hibernator. This work happened during my time as senior researcher in Vienna.

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Thank you to my colleague, Jessica LaPrice, from Washington & Lee University, VA for co organizing this symposium. Also many thanks to all four speakers for their awesome contributions to this event. Always nice to hear the latest advances on torpor, hibernation, and metabolic adaptations.

Great & awesome week at Norfolk, VA, for the American Society of Mammalogists Annual Meeting! Was amazed to meet a very nice community of scientists with so much opportunities to share unique experiences and scientific knowledge. Definitely a meeting recommended to attend for all.

Excellent visit of my colleague, Jessica LaPrice, at Washington & Lee Univeristy (W&L) at Lexington, VA, before heading up to the American Society of Mammalogists Annual Meeting in Norfolk. Very nice campus of W&L enabling unique students learning experiences!

I am delighted to share the first study of the Energetics Lab with my undergraduate, Korben Moelter, as first author published in the Journal of Comparative Physiology B. A neat comparison of Mammalian Thermoregulation Clines Across North America Using Bergman’s Rule. Check: doi.org/10.1007/s003...

Very much delighted to share the several contributions of student researchers from the Energetics Lab at the Celebration of Students Scholarship of Northern Michigan University last week. Great success & very good step before the upcoming American Society of Mammalogists Meeting in June at Norfolk 🥳