Each evening, before turning in for the night, orangutans “make their beds,” building leafy nests of twigs and foliage to ...

Anybody who has ever struggled to get enough sleep knows just how much in life can interfere with our rest, and just how ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (MPI-AB) and the University of Konstanz in Germany, working with ...

“For people, even a short nap can have significant restorative effects,” noted the researchers. “It’s possible that these ...

Power naps: Orangutans compensate for sleep deprivation by taking naps during the day. The length of their sleep is ...

Much like humans, wild orangutans sleep in beds - known as “nests” - which provide a safe place for resting. Every night, an adult orangutan will settle in a spot high up in the rainforest canopy.

Orangutans Behave Very Similarly to Humans in Terms of Socialization and Sleeping, Claims New Study In a new study, ...

At dawn, they leave their nests to start the day. “From our point of view on the ground, we usually can’t see orangutans at all in their night nests, but we can hear them rustling around, getting ...