And no animal embodies the quirky brilliance of adaptation quite like the Aye Aye. As you'll see in the video, with his ...

The nocturnal Aye-Aye lemur, native to Madagascar, possesses a uniquely thin and elongated middle finger crucial for its survival. This remarkable ada ...

The ugliest animals on the planet might not win beauty pageants, but their unattractive traits allow them to survive in harsh environments.

The team conducted CT scans of the aye-aye and found that the animal’s third finger likely goes so far back into the animal’s nose that it could reach the pharynx—basically, the back of its ...

The aye-aye's long middle digit has also captured imaginations in its native Madagascar, with some believing the animal to have prophetic qualities.

A nose-picking aye-aye’s spindly middle finger probably reaches all the way to the back of the throat, CT scans suggest.

Regional folklore in Madagascar associates the animal with misfortune and evil. If an aye-aye is spotted in the dead of night, it’s said to be a sign that something evil is brewing.

The aye-aye is the newest member of an exclusive club: animals that pick their nose. The primates from Madagascar have been recorded for the first time inserting their eight-centimetre-long finger ...

Humans aren’t the only animals to pick their nose and eat the contents, a new study has shown. The elongated fingers of the aye-aye allow it to reach deep into its nasal passage in search of ...

Humans aren’t the only animals to pick their nose and eat the contents, a new study has shown. The elongated fingers of the aye-aye allow it to reach deep into its nasal passage in search of ...