Madagascar is famous for its lemurs; their ancestors arrived 53 million years ago, and the largely predator-free island has allowed them to flourish and diversify. New research suggests lemur ...
In some parts of the world, animals are going extinct before scientists can even name them. Such may be the case for mouse lemurs, the saucer-eyed, teacup-sized primates native to the African island ...
A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...
Scientists at the Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium have discovered a new species of lemur in Madagascar. The new species is a dwarf lemur about the size of a squirrel, with monkeylike hands, little black ...
Lemurs are among the best-known representatives of Madagascar's animal kingdom. They make up more than 15 percent of all primate species living today – even though the island covers less than one ...
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Audubon Zoo is celebrating the arrival of two critically endangered Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs, named Kallisto and Galileo. The male lemurs were born in April and are part of a ...
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What Do Lemurs Eat? An Island Primate’s Diet
There are about 100 species of lemur in existence, and nearly all of them live on the isolated island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. So their main diet is based on foods available within ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After the animated lemur King Julien of "Madagascar" captured kids' attentions with his eccentricity, a new film takes them to the real, isolated world of the singing, dancing, ...
An update of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species reveals that nearly a third, or 31% of all lemur species in Madagascar are now Critically ...
What can lemurs tell us about inflammation and aging, aka “inflammaging” in humans? That’s the question Elaine Guevara, a biological anthropologist who studies the evolution of life history and aging ...
Meet the courageous women shaping wildlife conservation. I spent time getting to know th and understand their needs. And now we are working together Learning how to live in harmony. Reforestation is ...
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