Sleep may have evolved to help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells long before they became centralized in the brain, a study ...

Jellyfish and sea anemones are curious creatures: these organisms evolved without a brain and, as scientists discovered only ...

A new study from the multidisciplinary brain research center at Bar-Ilan University found that jellyfish and sea anemones ...

Experts found that these sea creatures sleep for at least 8 hours a day, a duration often considered ideal for human sleep.

Despite not having a brain, jellyfish sleep for around eight hours a day, just like humans according to a new study.

It turns out sleeping isn’t just about resting your eyes, as a new study found that even ancient creatures without eyes — or ...

Humans began sleeping as a way to partly help reduce DNA damage in nerve cells, scientists at Bar-Ilan University in Israel ...

Jellyfish and sea anemones display human-like sleep, supporting theories about sleep’s role in preserving neurons, even ...

Jellyfish and anemones sleep to repair neuronal DNA damage Jellyfish and sea anemones extend sleep when neuronal DNA is ...

Learn how jellyfish and sea anemones are changing what we know about the evolutionary purpose of sleep.

With increased DNA damage from UV radiation or other reasons, the researchers also observed the jellyfish and sea anemones ...

Studying ancient sea creatures’ snoozing habits could shed light on the origins of sleep.