The low-down on sleeping down low: pigeons shift to lighter forms of sleep when sleeping near the ground

When elephants fall asleep: A literature review on elephant rest with case studies on elephant falling bouts, and practical solutions for zoo elephants

(2018) Christian Schiffmann et al.   ZOO BIOLOGY

Sociality Affects REM Sleep Episode Duration Under Controlled Laboratory Conditions in the Rock Hyrax, Procavia capensis

(2017) Nadine Gravett et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Inactivity/sleep in two wild free-roaming African elephant matriarchs – Does large body size make elephants the shortest mammalian sleepers?

(2017) Nadine Gravett et al.   PLoS One

Differential Effects of Controllable and Uncontrollable Footshock Stress on Sleep in Mice

(2017) Larry D. Sanford et al.   SLEEP

Unraveling the Evolutionary Determinants of Sleep

(2016) William J. Joiner   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Evidence that birds sleep in mid-flight

(2016) Niels C Rattenborg et al.   Nature Communications

Avian sleep

(2014) John A. Lesku et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Ecology and Neurophysiology of Sleep in Two Wild Sloth Species

(2014) Bryson Voirin et al.   SLEEP

Linking melanism to brain development: expression of a melanism-related gene in barn owl feather follicles covaries with sleep ontogeny

(2013) Madeleine F Scriba et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Adaptive Sleep Loss in Polygynous Pectoral Sandpipers

(2012) J. A. Lesku et al.   SCIENCE

Ostriches Sleep like Platypuses

(2011) John A. Lesku et al.   PLoS One

Local sleep homeostasis in the avian brain: convergence of sleep function in mammals and birds?

(2011) J. A. Lesku et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Hippocampal memory consolidation during sleep: a comparison of mammals and birds

(2010) Niels C. Rattenborg et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Sleep homeostasis in the rat is preserved during chronic sleep restriction

(2010) S. Leemburg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

EEG Responses to Visual Landmarks in Flying Pigeons

(2009) Alexei L. Vyssotski et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

History and future of comparative analyses in sleep research

(2009) John A. Lesku et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Predator-induced plasticity in sleep architecture in wild-caught Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus)

(2008) John A. Lesku et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Amiloride-sensitive channels in type I fungiform taste cells in mouse

(2008) Aurelie Vandenbeuch et al.   BMC NEUROSCIENCE

Increased EEG spectral power density during sleep following short-term sleep deprivation in pigeons (Columba livia): evidence for avian sleep homeostasis

(2008) DOLORES MARTINEZ-GONZALEZ et al.   JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH

Qualitative and Quantitative Characteristics of the Electroencephalogram in Normal Horses during Spontaneous Drowsiness and Sleep

(2008) D.C. Williams et al.   JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE

Avian sleep homeostasis: Convergent evolution of complex brains, cognition and sleep functions in mammals and birds

(2008) Niels C. Rattenborg et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Sleep deprivation in the pigeon using the Disk-Over-Water method

(2007) Sarah M. Newman et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR