Science news articles about 'lemur'

... played them back to grey mouse lemurs, noting what response, if any, they made. ... of cryptic primate species with overlapping ranges.” The lemurs’ moonlight serenades help to ensure that individuals ...

Some Malagasy mouse lemurs are so similar that picking a mate of the right species, especially at night time in a tropical forest, might seem like a matter of pot luck. However, new research has shown ...

... until now (1), is a significant means of communication in certain monkeys, and especially in lemurs. These mammals, which live almost exclusively in Madagascar, include more than thirty species. One ...

Researchers in Madagascar have confirmed the existence of a population of greater bamboo lemurs more than 400 kilometers (240 miles) from the only other place where the Critically Endangered species ...

Young female red-fronted lemurs adopt male coloration to dupe their aggressive female groupmates, a new study found.

... of its fossil remains had been discovered until recently. In addition, limb bones of other lemurs sometimes were identified incorrectly as belonging to Hadropithecus. In 2000, Natalie Vasey -- then ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ardrey and Merlin, rare, nocturnal aye-ayes from Madagascar, are pleased to announce the birth of their second child, a male, early on July 23 at the Duke Lemur Center.

Primatologist Anne Yoder comments on the trend to pin the new species label on every variation of lemur

Colugos (aka flying lemurs)—the closest living relatives of primates most notable for their ability to glide from tree to tree over considerable distances—are more diverse than had previously been ...

... University of Massachusetts Amherst now have a nearly complete skeleton of a rare species of extinct lemur to study thanks to a century-long discovery and reconstruction effort. Laurie R. read more

... divide the two branches, giving mainland primates limited opportunities to swap germs with lemurs. And the last of the occasional land bridges between the two disappeared beneath the sea 14 million ...

A baby lemur "needs to be protected," a hospital goes Hello Kitty crazy, Obama illuminates Kenyan well-wishers, and more in the week's best news photos.

The remains of an ancient HIV-like virus have been discovered in the genome of the Madagascan grey mouse lemur [Microcebus murinus] by a team led by Oxford University scientists. read more

Scientists studying the human tendency to follow the gaze of other people have found a link to the behaviour of lemurs.

... human immunodeficiency virus [HIV]). Based on 'fossil' sequences collected from different lemur species, the researchers computationally reconstructed an apparently intact and complete DNA sequence ...