Deep in the forests of Madagascar, one woman is rewriting the fate of a lemur species once thought to be lost. The greater bamboo lemur was on the brink of extinction — until Maholy Ravaloharimanitra.

Hibernating dwarf lemurs can stay in this cold, standby state for about a week before they have to briefly warm up, and ...

A small lemur native to Madagascar may hold unexpected clues to reversing aging, thanks to a surprising cellular ability ...

Studying how these distant primate relatives slow aging during hibernation may reveal new strategies for supporting healthy ...

The lemurs that we know today are small with big eyes and live in trees. More than 100 species live in Madagascar, and they all have high levels of genetic diversity. Yet, 90 percent of them are ...

LEMURS may hold the answer to reverse ageing, stunned scientists have claimed. The cute creatures have a mysterious secret enabling them to turn back the clock on cellular ageing. And it may ...

These threatened nocturnal lemurs live in the dry forests of western Madagascar and rarely leave the forests' trees. Little is known of these rare primates. Mouse lemurs are forest dwellers that ...

FLORA LICHTMAN: Lydia, give me the 411 on this lemur species. What do they look like? Where do they live? What’s their deal? LYDIA GREENE: So imagine a fluffy, fat-tailed squirrel with forward-facing ...

living above the tree-line at an elevation of 2500 m. (Goodman and Langrande, 1996). Lemur catta has been defined as a very flexible “edge” species: able to withstand relatively extreme temperatures ...

It all happens during hibernation, said lead author Marina Blanco of Duke. When winter sets in in the wild, dwarf lemurs ...

When winter sets in in the wild, dwarf lemurs disappear into tree holes or underground burrows, where they spend up to seven months each year in a state of suspended animation. It's a survival ...