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 ...

It’s a lemur lover’s dream: cute and totally unafraid. A new population of dwarf lemurs has been identified on a small, uninhabited island off the north coast of Madagascar. The group could be a new ...

In Brunoy, Essonne, in central France, there is a place called "the small castle." It is a large bourgeois house from the 18 th century, with parks, outbuildings and even a street in its name. There ...

As a small-brained and largely solitary primate, the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) wasn’t supposed to have the capacity to distinguish the calls of its kin calls from other lemurs. However, a ...

Scientists can study stress in these petite primates with simply a few strands of their hair. A & J Visage / Alamy With their small furry bodies and large inquisitive eyes, gray mouse lemurs can seem ...

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 ...

Researchers have identified three new species of lemurs, the small, big-eyed primates native to the island of Madagascar. In a study published today in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology ...

Tracking and darting an elusive ringtail lemur might help save a secret rainforest in Madagascar, but it also invites unexpected feelings of homesickness and self-reflection. Immerse yourself in the ...

Katie McGuire (Ph.D. Biological Anthropology in Progress), and Professor Michelle Sauther publish, "Characterizing Group and Individual Engagement in Intergroup Encounters Between Small Groups of Ring ...

WELLINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - New Zealand's Wellington Zoo has more than doubled its population of endangered ring-tailed lemurs after its four females gave birth to twins, the zoo's primate manager ...