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Resilience Gone Wild (WinWinWin Mindset)Parrotfish Master Sleep Part 2 – Animal Sleep Secrets with Dr. John Lesku (Episode 42)In this fascinating episode of Resilience Gone Wild, host Jessica Morgenthal speaks with Dr. John Lesku, a leading sleep researcher, about the amazing patterns and processes of sleep in animals of all types —and what they can teach us about human health, resilience, and performance.From parrotfish building mucus cocoons to sleep safely, to dolphins sleeping in with one eye and half brain alert, to penguins napping in microbursts, and birds sleeping mid-flight, this episode explores the incredible adaptations across species that allow sleep to happen in even the most challenging environments.Lesku discu...2025-06-0458 min
What The Duck?!Do animals dream?Cassie and Claire have watched their parrot talk in its sleep... so is it dreaming?And, if animals DO dream... will we ever know what they’re dreaming about? Ann Jones tries to find out.Featuring:Cassie, Claire and Pidgey the Parrot. Associate Professor Nicole Lovato, Flinders University. Associate Professor John Lesku, La Trobe University. Professor David Pena Guzman, author of ‘Animal Dreaming’ and San Francisco State University. Professor Sidarta Ribeiro, neuroscientist at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Dr Shauni Omond, @shauniomond.sleepsci on Instagram, La Trobe University.Professor Niels Rattenborg, R...2024-05-2425 minWhat The Duck?!Do worms sleep?Birds can fly while half their brain is sleeping and some spiders sleep dangling on a silk thread, but what about worms.Do worms sleep?Featuring:Associate Professor John Lesku, La Trobe University. Dr Shauni Omond, @shauniomond.sleepsci on Instagram, La Trobe University. Professor Niels Rattenborg, Research leader on Avian Sleep, Max Planck Institute. Dr Daniela Roessler, University of Konstanz. Production:Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.Petria Ladgrove, Producer.Additional mastering: Roi Huberman.This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and Kaurna people and was originall...2024-05-1725 minWhat The Duck?!Do worms dream?We get a bit philosophical and try to find out that if animals do dream, will we ever be able to know what they’re dreaming about?Featuring:Cassie, Claire and Pidgey the Parrot. Associate Professor Nicole Lovato, Flinders University. Associate Professor John Lesku, La Trobe University. Professor David Pena Guzman, author of ‘Animal Dreaming’ and San Francisco State University. Professor Sidarta Ribeiro, neuroscientist at Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Dr Shauni Omond, @wormgirl on Instagram, La Trobe University. Professor Niels Rattenborg, Research leader on Avian Sleep, Max Planck Institute. Production:Ann Jones, Pres...2023-07-2825 minWhat The Duck?!Sleep like a logBirds can fly while half their brain is sleeping and some spiders sleep dangling on a silk thread, but what about worms. Do worms sleep?Featuring:Associate Professor John Lesku, La Trobe University. Dr Shauni Omond, @shauniomond.sleepsci on Instagram, La Trobe University. Professor Niels Rattenborg, Research leader on Avian Sleep, Max Planck Institute. Dr Daniela Roessler, University of Konstanz. Production:Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer.Petria Ladgrove, Producer.This episode of What the Duck?! was produced on the land of the Wadawarrung and Kaurna people.2023-07-2125 min
Sleep4Performance PodcastAnimal Sleep Series EP03 w/ Dr. John Lesku on Animal SleepIn this episode, I talk with Professor John Lesku
John is interested in most things related to sleep. Using behavioural observations, accelerometry for remote monitoring, and neurophysiological recording techniques, he seeks to provide insight into how sleep and sleep functions have evolved in different types of animals, from flatworms to birds and mammals. He also studies how ecological factors (e.g., predation risk, reproduction) influence the amount, composition, depth, and timing of sleep. Most recently, these interests have expanded to include how anthropogenic pollution influences sleeping brain activity in mammals and birds.
Connect with J...2023-04-251h 06
NaukowoO krótkich łapkach Tyranozaura, snach rekinów i perfumach Kleopatry - #009W dziewiątym odcinku podróżujemy w przeszłość, gdzie sprawdzimy czemu Tyranozaury miały takie krótkie łapy oraz czym pachniała Kleopatra. Przyjrzymy się też systemom obronnym roślin oraz emocjom wypisanym na naszych twarzach. Po cichutku sprawdzimy czy rekin mocno śpi oraz co zrobić, aby ludziom spało się lepiej. A jeśli uznasz, że warto wspierać ten projekt to zapraszam do serwisu Patronite, każda dobrowolna wpłata od słuchaczy pozwoli mi na rozwój i doskonalenie tego podkastu, bardzo dziękuję za każde wsparcie!Zapraszam również na Facebooka, Twittera i Instagr...2022-04-1318 min
AnimaliaSleep - InterviewWant to learn more? You can read more about Dr John Lesku’s sleep research here: https://leskulab.org/ 2018-06-2700 min
AnimaliaSleep - InterviewWant to learn more? You can read more about Dr John Lesku’s sleep research here: https://leskulab.org/ 2018-06-2727 min
Science At The Local PodcastScience at the Local S01E09 John LeskuOur most attended ever Science at the Local (so far) included a session on sleep science for humans. But what about the animal kingdom? John Lesku has been studying the sleep structure and habits of many wild animals and it's fascinating - it's so far from being a cure for insomnia that there's a nonzero probability* it'll give you insomnia.
As always, you can check out the show notes at https://www.scienceatthelocal.org/podcasts.html
* But still vanishingly small2016-12-0626 min
Einstein A Go-GoEinstein A Go-Go - 10 July 2016Dr Shane, Dr Krystal, Dr Jen and Chris KP discuss how this year will be an extra second longer, air pollution causing flower scent interference and discovery of seafloor ruins.First guest: John Lesku, PhD Lecturer, ARC DECRA Research Fellow, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University tells us all about his animal sleep research work and how animals in the wild are wired up with data loggers.Second guest: Ben MacLean, School of Physics, Monash University discusses the massive improvement in star observation capability after a telescope equipment upgrade at the Coonabarabran facility.2016-07-1049 min