A new study found that jumping spiders may enter a REM sleep-like state, similar to what humans and other mammals experience. Researchers plan to continue to investigate what benefits entering such a ...

If you have ever seen a close-up photo of a jumping spider, you'll know they're the kind of cute ones. Many of them fit on the tip of a finger, and they sport fuzzy, colorful bodies, big eyes. DANIELA ...

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During the pandemic, researcher Daniela Rößler couldn't go out, so she started looking around her for her next research project. Then she found a really big one, and it had been right in front of her ...

A team of researchers filmed jumping spiders overnight and observed behaviors that mirror rapid eye movement sleep in other species. It helps that... Spiders show signs of REM-like activity, raising ...

Young jumping spiders dangle by a thread through the night, in a box, in a lab. Every so often, their legs curl and their spinnerets twitch—and the retinas of their eyes, visible through their ...

Young jumping spiders dangle by a thread through the night, in a box, in a lab. Every so often, their legs curl and their spinnerets twitch—and the retinas of their eyes, visible through their ...

This article originally appeared in Knowable Magazine. Young jumping spiders dangle by a thread through the night, in a box, in a lab. Every so often, their legs curl and their spinnerets twitch — and ...

Do you remember what you dreamed last night? Whatever it was, the dream most likely took place during a sleep phase that is called rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. REM sleep is characterized by rapid ...

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Researchers are finding signs of multiple phases of sleep all over the animal kingdom, including some that look very much like REM Carolyn Wilke, Knowable Magazine Young jumping spiders dangle by a ...