Showing results for "sleep" in Biological Sciences

Humpback whales are among the most intelligent animals on Earth. Some scientists believe they might even surpass humans in self-awareness, empathy, and communication skills. In this episode, we swim with a whale as he teams up with other humpbacks to use bubbles to catch fish, rescues a sea lion, and puts his own spin on melodies sung by whales across the Pacific Ocean. This is the world in its natural state, defined by seasons, routines, and cycles. By the time this whale is ready to close one eye and go to sleep, you will be too.

Dogs are a familiar and comforting part of many of our lives. In this episode, we take a walk with a pet xoloitzcuintli, or Mexican hairless dog, as he greets his blocks by smell. Along the way, we learn the backstory of squirrels in U.S. cities and observe the very smart and clean neighborhood raccoon.

Sloths are the slowest mammals on earth. They can hardly see. They live in rainforests among jaguars, pumas, and countless other predators. Yet they survive. And they do it by being so incredibly slow, and living a life covered in algae. In this episode, we hang with a sloth in the jungle of Costa Rica as he spends a month digesting one single leaf, and we see the symbiosis and collaboration that surrounds him.

Few books have captured the haunting world of music and rivers and of the sport they provide as well as A River Never Sleeps. Roderick L. Haig-Brown writes of fishing not just as a sport, but also as an art. He knows moving water and the life within it - its subtlest mysteries and perpetual delights. He is a man who knows fish lore as few people ever will, and the legends and history of a great sport. Month by month, he takes you from river to river, down at last to the saltwater and the sea.

Crows have long been the subject of folklore, likely because they’re strikingly similar to humans, leading lives rich in personality, intelligence, and relationships. In this episode, we fly the streets of Seattle with a crow as she grooms her mate, delivers what appears to be a gift, and finally commutes miles away from her territory to gather and chat with thousands of other crows before it’s time to roost for the night.

Elephants are the largest land animals in the world. They are also intensely social and have advanced long-term memories. In this episode, a parade of Asian elephants makes its way through the Sri Lankan forest to a lake for drinks and mud baths, stopping periodically for group naps. The female leading the parade uses infrasonic rumbles—inaudible to humans, but traveling as far as two miles along the surface of the Earth as seismic waves—to invite friends and family around the forest to join her at the reservoir.

Fennec foxes’ ears can be up to half as long as their bodies. They use them to track movement across the Sahara Desert, including under the sand. In this episode, we follow a fox as he meanders home to his family through the sand dunes as they slowly shift with the wind.

Platypuses are mammals unlike any other on earth. They lay eggs, ooze milk through their skin, and can sense electricity. In this episode, we travel with a platypus as he moves through his nightly routine on the island of Tasmania. He uses electroreceptors to hunt underwater and does a synchronized swimming courtship ritual with his mate, who then digs a burrow 40 feet deep into the riverbank to nest.

The sun sinks over the Rio Grande, the mountains around it glow orange, and the world slows down. The Mexican free-tailed bats inside the Jornada Cave are just starting to stretch and murmur. In this episode, we visit the nursery where all the baby bats stay together, and we accompany a new mother as she journeys into the sky with the rest of her crew for a night of hunting bugs via echolocation.

Deep Sleep Wind Sounds delivers 8 full hours of gentle, steady wind ambience designed to help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and relax more deeply. Each episode features continuous natural wind sounds—soft breezes, flowing air through trees, and subtle atmospheric movement—with no voices, music, or sudden changes. Ideal for deep sleep, relaxation, meditation, stress relief, or background sound, this podcast creates a calm, airy environment you can rely on every night.

Deep Sleep Rain Storm Sounds delivers 8 full hours of steady rainstorm ambience designed to help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and relax more deeply. Each episode features continuous rainfall with soft thunder rolls and natural storm textures—no voices, no music, and no sudden changes. Ideal for deep sleep, relaxation, meditation, stress relief, or background sound, this podcast creates a calm, immersive storm environment you can rely on every night.

Brown bears lead deeply cyclical lives. They need to gain sometimes hundreds of pounds during the warmer months to prepare for winter hibernation, a lifestyle that brings them into frequent contact with many other species’ cycles. In this episode, we meander through the Alaska peninsula with a bear and her cubs as she teaches them to hunt salmon at the falls, dig for clams along the coastal mudflats, and use the regional rubbing tree.

Dung beetles might sound dirty, but the ancient Egyptians believed their god took the form of a dung beetle to roll the morning sun across the sky every day. In this episode, we roll with dung beetles around the world as they push their precious dung—often in balls many times larger than they are—over Florida pastures, Armenian highlands, and the vast South African savanna.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The FastDiet and “one of the world’s leading journalists covering nutrition and health” (Dr. Valter Longo, director of the University of Southern California Longevity Institute) presents a “well written, well researched, and very practical”...

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Deep Sleep Cricket Sounds delivers 8 full hours of soothing nighttime cricket ambience designed to help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and relax more deeply. Each episode features continuous, high-quality cricket sounds with no voices, music, or sudden changes—perfect for masking distractions, easing anxiety, and maintaining uninterrupted rest throughout the night. Ideal for deep sleep, relaxation, meditation, stress relief, or calm background sound, this podcast creates a natural, peaceful sleep environment you can rely on every night.

Deep Sleep Ocean Waves Sounds delivers 8 full hours of steady ocean wave ambience designed to help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and relax more deeply. Each episode features continuous rolling waves, gentle shoreline movement, and natural coastal atmosphere with no voices, music, or sudden changes. Ideal for deep sleep, relaxation, meditation, stress relief, or background sound, this podcast creates a calm seaside environment you can rely on every night.

Swifts live almost entirely in the air. They eat, drink, sleep, mate and gather their nesting materials on the wing, fly thousands of miles across the world, navigating their way around storms, never lighting on tree, cliff or ground, until they return home with the summer. Sarah Gibson has...

Deep Sleep Rain Sounds delivers 8 full hours of steady, soothing rainfall designed to help you fall asleep faster, stay asleep longer, and relax more deeply. Each episode features continuous rain ambience—gentle rainfall, soft water textures, and a smooth, even sound profile—with no voices, music, or sudden changes. Ideal for deep sleep, relaxation, meditation, stress relief, or background sound, this podcast creates a calm nighttime environment you can rely on every night.

Sleep Groove is Why We Sleep meets what if?—an accessible, engaging tour of sleep and circadian science from an expert. With a sleep-wonk’s attention to detail tempered by approachable language and humor, this myth-busting guide to sleep is the perfect introduction to how circadian science...