How changes in lemur brains made some mean girls nice Date: April 21, 2025 Source: Duke University Summary: If there was a contest for biggest female bullies of the animal world, lemurs would be ...

Lemur is an openly accessible language model optimized for both natural language and coding capabilities to serve as the backbone of versatile language agents. As language models continue to evolve ...

A galago, a similar-sized primate that doesn’t hibernate, lives around 12 or 13 years, while the fat-tailed dwarf lemur has been recorded surviving to nearly 30. Longevity and telomere repair “may be ...

With few other competing mammals, these early lemurs evolved into a wide range of forms, from the teacup-sized mouse lemur to the giant sloth lemur. Many of these animals exhibit incredibly high ...

Lemurs come in a wide range of sizes from the tiny Madame Berthe’s Mouse lemur that reaches only 3.5 to 4 inches tall, has a 5-inch tail, and weighs only 1 ounce. The Indri lemur, on the other hand, ...

As of 2020, 33 lemur species were critically endangered, with 103 of the 107 surviving species threatened with extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Black-and-white ruffed lemurs are a critically-endangered species. Now that they are at the Palm Beach Zoo, visitors will be able to enjoy seeing how playful and adventurous this family is.

Banner image: A ring-tailed lemur in a tamarind tree in a reserve in Madagascar. (Credit: CC photo by Frank Vassen via Wikimedia Commons) In 2003, a team of primatologists led by CU Boulder trapped, ...

How do foraging animals find their food? A new study by New York University researchers shows that lemurs use smell, social cues, and long-term memory to locate hidden fruit—a combination of ...

Lemurs are in trouble, 98% of lemur species are considered endangered or near extinction. ... and plush coats with striking markings and colors. ...