Studying how these distant primate relatives slow aging during hibernation may reveal new strategies for supporting healthy ...

Deep in the forests of Madagascar, one woman is rewriting the fate of a lemur species once thought to be lost. The greater bamboo lemur was on the brink of extinction — until Maholy Ravaloharimanitra.

Scientists created transgenic mice with woolly mammoth–like traits. But does it really bring us closer to bringing back woolly mammoths?

The Greater Bamboo lemur is on the brink of extinction. While their population has risen from just 100 to 1,000, bamboo farming and habitat loss continue ...

Look out for the Black Bazas and Japanese Sparrowhawks during the migratory period from November to March, or raptors such as ...

Up to nine other locally extinct animals will be released into the predator-free zone and monitored in the coming years. The critically endangered smoky mouse is not your average rodent.

These nocturnal animals are skilled foragers, feeding mostly on beetles, which they substitute for fruit, flowers, and leaves, when insect prey is scarce. Mouse lemurs store fat in their tails and ...

Lemurs are mostly known to have long tails. However, according to reports, they cannot grasp tree branches with them to hang from. Instead, these small animals use their tails to balance as they ...

Unlike other species of lemur, sifakas stand perfectly upright and use their powerful legs to spring side to side along the forest floor, which has resulted in the animals being nicknamed the ...

How do foraging animals find their food? A new study by New York University researchers shows that lemurs use smell, social cues, and long-term memory to locate hidden fruit—a combination of ...