They say the early bird catches the worm — probably because night owls are too depressed to do it. Night owls may be smarter than early birds, but research suggests they are also more likely to ...

Using EEG to take a closer look at the birds’ sleep, Brawn and his colleagues documented a similar pattern to humans, with slow-wave sleep becoming less frequent as rapid-eye movement (REM) becomes ...

Someone asked me what they were doing, and I said they were resting or sleeping but I'd never thought much deeper about how birds sleep. Now, after reading Roger Pasquier's new and highly original ...

Night owls, for instance, generally feel tired later than early birds. Often because they produce high amounts of the sleep hormone, melatonin, later at night. And for most of human history that ...

Night owls often outperform early birds in terms of overall output. Although they sleep longer, they tend to work efficiently during late hours, fueled by bursts of energy when others are winding ...

The study found that night owls were more prone to depression than morning types, and were significantly more likely to ...