Like a lot of mammal brains, a sheep brain is made up of gray and white matter. It has folds and grooves, but not quite as many as a human brain. It’s also a little smoother.

Sheep can reduce water loss by using a heat exchange system in their brain to cool down their blood, new research suggests. The animals can save up to 80 per cent of their daily water intake by ...

People may count sheep when they cannot sleep, but when they do finally drift off their brains generate the same type of brain wave as their ovine counterparts, according to new research published ...

As the sheep slept, sleep spindles raced across their brains. These spindles are akin to those in people during non-REM sleep, which accounts for the bulk of an adult’s sleeping night (SN: 8/10/10).