It was a dramatic demonstration when former Primate Center technician Jennifer Campbell mounded two piles of lemur food -- one large, one much smaller -- on a table a few years ago. Her point: The ...

A study of the bacteria in the guts of three lemur species offers new insights into the role of diet in shaping these microbial ecosystems - and how these microbes may relate to primate health. "We ...

The gut microbes of some lemur species are specialized to help in digesting food found in their habitats, a new study has found. Lemurs are only found in Madagascar and the Comoros Islands in the ...

Aina, the 4-year-old red-bellied lemur, gave birth to her baby six weeks ago at the Chester Zoo after a 127-day pregnancy It's furry first at the Chester Zoo. The English zoo announced in a press ...

DURHAM, N.C. - Fruits and veggies are good for you and if you are a lemur, they may even help mitigate the effects of habitat loss. A new study sequencing the genome of four species of sifakas, a ...

Scientists at the Duke Lemur Center in North Carolina say their fat-tailed dwarf lemurs went into hibernation for the first time ever in captivity last winter, mimicking the process their counterparts ...

In the recesses of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., Stephanie Canington is giving a dead lemur a tooth exam. Holding the caramel-colored skull of a once-captive ...

At the Duke Lemur Center, an innovative plan to keep the animals social late in life: pair them with lemurs of another species. By Sabrina Imbler Over the course of her 32 years, Cheyenne the ...

Analysis of teeth of extinct lemurs has revealed fascinating clues to the evolution of humans, a new study has found. Analysis of teeth of extinct lemurs has revealed fascinating clues to the ...

A new study sequencing the genome of four species of sifakas (Propithecus), a genus of lemurs found in Madagascar's forests, reveals that these animals' taste for leaves runs all the way to their ...