People use music to set moods, create a desired atmosphere and evoke memories of family and friends. The right song at the right time can have similar effects for some dogs.

An upside-down jellyfish drifts in a shallow lagoon, rhythmically contracting its translucent bell. By night that beat drops from roughly 36 pulses a minute to nearer 30, and the animal slips into a ...

Research into hibernating animals reveals that memory lives in the cell and life is defined by the persistence of embodied information.

Kathryn Gillespie asks us to notice the small wonders of life around us and be open to the idea that emotionally bonding with ...

The sound of a cat purring is the perfect way to drift off to sleep.

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Two female jaguars were recorded making meow-like vocalizations in Brazil—the first documented audio of the sounds in the wild ...

As the sun rises over the Kalahari Desert, meerkat groups emerge from their burrows and gather closely, turning their bodies toward the warmth of the early light. These quiet morning moments are more ...

Brown long-eared bats have some of the most sensitive hearing of any mammal. This helps them both hunt and avoid being hunted ...

From supplements to musical stuffed animals, there are soothers out there to help the whole family get a better night’s sleep.

Turns out jellyfish and sea anemones – among the ancient creatures with a nervous system instead of a brain – have a very similar sleeping routine to our own. A new study published in Nature ...

Sleep is a pretty dangerous gambit. If you think about it, you’re unconscious and disconnected from the world for about a third of your life. That makes you vulnerable to predators and even ...