The toxic goo in question is actually the chewed-up remains of millipedes, which the red-fronted lemurs pick up, chew, and then rub all over their bodies—including their tails and genitals.

Lemurs, lizards, whales — all are famed for their tails in some way. But which animal has the longest tail of all? In proportion to their bodies, grass lizards have the longest tails of any ...

The Duke Lemur Center joyfully unveiled its latest additions: three adorable baby lemurs born to a fat-tailed dwarf lemur ...

These nocturnal lemurs, which are native to the forests of the Ampasindava peninsula in northwestern Madagascar, are around 10 inches (25 centimeters) long, excluding their tails.

The Greater Bamboo lemur is on the brink of extinction. ... Growing up in Madagascar without books or access to education, ... Sometimes they play with their tails and do like a cuckoo clock.

A true superstar of the animal kingdom, Stumpy recently made headlines by achieving the Guinness World Record as the oldest ...

In the new study, researchers followed 15 dwarf lemurs at the Duke Lemur Center before, during, and after hibernation. They tested cheek swabs to see how the telomeres changed over time.

The name ‘lemur’ comes from the Latin word for ‘ghosts’. How are ring-tailed lemurs distinctive? Ring-tailed lemurs have a black and white striped tail which is longer than their whole ...

It seems to work – dwarf lemurs can live up to twice as long as other primates their size. A galago, a similar-sized primate that doesn’t hibernate, lives around 12 or 13 years, while the fat-tailed ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3/Gray News) - Officers in Missouri found themselves in an unusual situation when they tracked down and rescued a lemur from a quiet neighborhood. Springfield Police Department ...

After a short pursuit, they caught the creature and bundled it up in a towel. Lemurs are small animals with pointed snouts, large eyes and long tails and are native to Madagascar.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3/Gray News) - Officers in Missouri found themselves in an unusual situation when they tracked down and rescued a lemur from a quiet neighborhood. Springfield Police Department ...