Stony Brook University’s Dr. Patricia Wright was introduced to an amazing parcel of land in southeastern Madagascar.

Galagos (bush babies), lemurs, lorises, pottos and tarsiers are all prosimians. Many of these species are active at night and use ... marmosets and tamarins. The world's smallest monkey is the pygmy ...

There are two species of streamertail hummingbirds on the island of Jamaica, West Indies—one with red-billed males (Trochilus polytmus) and the other with black-billed males (T. scitulus). This is a ...

The story of primates is a tale of incredible variety and ancient roots, told through the lens of science, DNA, and time ...

The team acknowledged that its scope is limited since it was only looking at cyclone data from the last 58 years. Even though ...

Even in the animal kingdom, the first attempt at singing often sounds wrong: a new study shows that young indris — Madagascar's singing lemurs — first have to learn to control their voice, just like ...

If humans had a similar body ratio to the northern giant mouse lemur, their testicles would be the size of grapefruits.

Hyderabad: Recent global genomic study have provided fresh insights into how primates, including monkeys, apes, lemurs, and ...

The study, led by Dr. Chiara De Gregorio from The University of Warwick, demonstrates that Madagascar’s singing lemurs, the indris, initially s ...

UTA scientists reveal how the flowerpot snake repairs DNA and provides insights into human genetic conditions like Down ...

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A pair of the world’s smallest lemurs have arrived at Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World in Telford. Common Mouse Lemurs, Millie and ...