The work happens under red lights to fool the subject into thinking it's night time. Anna Casey is used to the weird lighting in her workspace. She spends about three hours a day studying mouse lemurs ...

Lemurs are small social primates with pointed snouts, large eyes, and a long tail. These charismatic creatures are a favorite of children. There are about 100 living species and all of them live on ...

New research has discovered that lemurs, the small primates native to Madagascar, are capable of exaggerating their size thanks to the unique structure of their larynx. Published in the journal ...

Two new species of lemurs look so similar that it's impossible to tell them apart without sequencing their genes. The itsy-bitsy primates are both mouse lemurs, which are tiny, nocturnal lemurs that ...

A small lemur native to Madagascar may hold unexpected clues to reversing aging, thanks to a surprising cellular ability observed during its long hibernation. Researchers at Duke University and UC San ...

Three frisky siblings have journeyed from New York to a new home in Bermuda. The red ruffed lemurs have joined the ring-tailed lemurs already resident in the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo’s ...

Princess Buttercup, is a mongoose lemur that was born at the zoo on March 19. She can be seen by visitors as she plays with her mom, Dahila and her dad, Snuffy at the primate house. Princess Buttercup ...

If you've ever watched a nature documentary featuring lemurs — or the animated feature "Madagascar," with characters King Julien, Maurice and Mort — you have probably fallen in love with the ...

More than 95 percent of the world's lemurs face imminent extinction, making them the most threatened vertebrate on Earth, conservationists said Wednesday. In a statement, the International Union for ...

Why it's awesome: Colugos are commonly called "flying lemurs," but the name is misleading. These nocturnal mammals look somewhat like lemurs, with small, furry faces that are dominated by a pair of ...

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

MADAGASCAR – It turns out that the Indri Indri lemurs of Madagascar can carry a tune. Researchers have found that these furry, tree-dwelling creatures use music to communicate with one another, likely ...