Humans need 7-8 hours of daily sleep. However, in the wild, some animals rest for more than 20 hours a day to conserve energy ...

A new study reveals how the brain reprocesses and refines memories during sleep, particularly those related to spatial ...

Sleep reorganizes neural patterns in a way that helps memories take hold and prepares the brain for new information.

Why is sleep so important for learning and memory? Neuroscientists from the Csicsvari group at the Institute of Science and ...

A 2009 study examining the sleep/wake cycles of S. invicta found that the worker ants averaged a mammoth 253 sleep episodes ...

Sleep disturbances may accelerate neurodegeneration, but whether they cause or result from disease remains unclear. Improving ...

Paul Chauvet, 62, caused so much suffering to his dogs in Tobermory, Isle of Mull, that one of the canines sadly had to be ...

An international animal welfare group announced the start of March Napness, a March Madness-style bracket tournament tracking ...