Ever wonder how a dolphin sleeps while still swimming? Or how a giraffe sleeps while standing up? Cara Santa Maria, Narrator of Smithsonian Earth's "The Secret World of Animal Sleep" joins Cheddar to explore the wild world of sleeping animals.
Marine mammals only shut down half their brain while sleeping, leaving the other half of their body to stay afloat and be alert for prey. She explains how the higher up on the food chain you are, the more sleep you get. That's why prey species like giraffes can only afford mere minutes of sleep at a time, while lions revel in over 20 hours of luxurious slumber a day.
Arctic ground squirrels survive harsh Canadian winters through skilled hibernation. Entering a state of controlled hypothermia, their body temperatures drop to 27°F – the lowest ever recorded in a mammal.
Be Well: Benefits of Walking
A bedbug infestation is sweeping through the city of Paris and is being addressed by the French government.
Cheddar News checks in with your weather forecast for Monday, Oct. 2, 2023.
Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers could strike this week.
Scientists Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their research that helped pave the way for the mRNA vaccines.
An alternative mental health court program designed to fast-track people with untreated schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders into housing and medical care — potentially without their consent — kicked off in seven California counties, including San Francisco, on Monday.
U.S. health officials plan to endorse a common antibiotic as a morning-after pill that gay and bisexual men can use to try to avoid some increasingly common sexually transmitted diseases.
Canadian wildfires are again set to affect the northeastern part of the U.S.
A new study reveals that yelling and shouting at children can be as damaging as physical and sexual abuse.
Scientists Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their research that helped pave the way for the mRNA vaccines.
