Do you know someone who spends a long time yawning? He may not be lazy he may just have a big, neuron-rich brain. A new study published this week in Biology Letters found the amount of time it takes ...

Yawning doesn't mean you're bored, it just means you've got one big, hot brain in your head, according to a study published Tuesday in Biology Letters. The Atlantic reports that researcher Andrew ...

The other day I woke up, stretched, yawned, and wondered: Do all beasts, large and small, stretch and yawn? What about rhinos, hippos, ants, or even the wee little ...

When I interviewed Andrew Gallup, I yawned five times in the space of half an hour. That wasn’t because he was boring. It was because he studies yawning—and not just in humans, either. Gallup, a ...

(KCBS) - A bit of an unusual topic but a fun one, too: humans often will yawn when we see somebody else yawn. Animals, believe it or not, may do the same. "It's simply the increased likelihood that ...

Studies suggest that our ability to yawn — and that of chimps, dogs and even baboons — relates to our ability to show empathy. Now, a new study on wolves suggests that it’s more common in animals than ...

You know the feeling. It’s impossible to resist. You just need to yawn. A yawn consists of an extended gaping of the mouth followed by a more rapid closure. In mammals and birds, a long intake of ...

Dogs can catch yawns from humans, regardless of whether they are familiar with the person, according to a study. The authors of the paper say their findings question the idea that contagious yawning ...

Have you ever wondered why yawning is contagious? It may be a way to bond with your fellow human being, but scientists have other theories. We’re one sentence into this story and I’ve already yawned ...

When your pet dog yawns after you do, it's just one more sign that man's best friend is acutely sensitive to human feelings. As researchers continue to debate the significance and origins of yawns in ...