One 2019 study suggests that the first organisms to develop neurons were small, flat, platelike creatures called dickinsoniids, which snacked on microbes during the Ediacaran period, between 635 ...

Two cicada broods are emerging in historic numbers in the U.S. after a very long nap. We'll learn about other creatures that go dormant as part of their normal life cycle.

A huge carpet python was caught “taking a cheeky nap” inside a vending machine at Australia Zoo, according to an Instagram video shared by Robert Irwin, son of famed zookeeper Steve Irwin.