lemurs

  • A fat-tailed dwarf lemur hangs onto a tree branch in the dark.
    aging

    During hibernation, these lemurs defy cellular aging

    Fat-tailed dwarf lemurs can turn back the cellular aging clock and momentarily defy time during their annual hibernation season.
  • Two lemurs stand in a cage eating cantaloupe while one holds a cardboard food container.
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    Lemurs use 3 things to find hidden food

    Multiple factors work together to help lemurs locate cantaloupe and remember where to find the fruit weeks later, researchers find.
  • baby lemur in parent's fur
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    Red-bellied lemur dads prep for baby with hormone shift

    Red-bellied lemur poop reveals that the males experience a fourfold increase in a female sex hormone when their mates are pregnant.
  • ring-tailed lemur sticks out tongue
    antibiotics

    Lemurs confirm benefits of ‘poop soup’ for ailing gut

    Lemurs confirm the benefit of fecal transplants for off-kilter gut microbiomes. The treatment sounds gross but is effective, say researchers.
  • Two lemurs lean into a green basic to drink water
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    Lemurs that live close to humans harbor drug-resistant bacteria

    Antibiotic resistance is showing up in the guts of lemurs that live in close contact to humans. The closer the contact, the more antibiotic resistance.
  • A large fossilized jawbone in a researchers hand
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    1,500-year-old jawbone sheds light on gorilla-sized lemurs

    DNA from a fossilized jawbone has allowed researchers to piece together the genome of one of the largest lemurs ever, which could weigh up to 350 pounds.
  • The sifaka lemur hang between branches while looking up with its eyes wide and mouth open
    deforestation

    Lemurs that aren’t picky eaters may survive forest loss

    Flexible diets may save some lemurs from the worst of deforestation, say researchers. Their ability to eat different stuff is in their genes.
  • A wide-eyed lemur eating an orange fruit
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    Lemurs smell fruit from 50 feet away via ‘odor plumes’

    Lemurs can sniff out fruit that's hidden in the forest more than 50 feet away. But only if the wind is blowing in the right direction.
  • small animal with yellow eyes and large ears crouches on stump with long fingers showing
    lemurs

    Long-fingered aye-ayes have secret ‘thumbs’

    Extremely rare lemurs called aye-ayes have long, spidery fingers for spearing grubs. Scientists have just discovered that they have "pseudothumbs," as well.
  • lemur behind bars
    lemurs

    You probably shouldn’t share that cute lemur video

    A viral lemur video that made people on Twitter say "so sweet," "awwww-cute," and "freaking adorable" has a potential dark side.
  • ring-tailed lemur
    lemurs

    Ring-tailed lemurs can actually smell weakness

    When lemurs get hurt, the scent they leave behind changes—and other lemurs can tell.
  • black and white lemur in tree (lemurs concept)
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    Without lemur poo, Madagascar’s trees may be doomed

    Madagascar's lemurs are under siege from logging and hunting. Losing them could also spell the end of the trees that rely on them.