Sleep-Deprived Jumping Spiders Make Up Lost Rest, Pointing to Regulated Two-Stage Sleep in an Arachnid
Nature World News | 29.10.2026 07:47A jumping spider kept awake overnight made up for it the next night with extra sleep, and its slumber came in two clearly different stages, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany say the work on the Australian spider Portia fimbriata is the first comprehensive behavioral confirmation of sleep in a spider, ScienceDaily reported from the university's release.
