Female lemurs can detect dad's cries

Friday, November 30, 2012 - 19:00 in Biology & Nature

Tiny nocturnal lemurs recognize their dad's cries amid the other sounds of the nighttime Madagascar forests, a new study finds. The research is the first to show that solitary animals may avoid inbreeding by keeping an ear out for familiar voices.

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