The finding that these “singing lemurs” produce rhythmic calls provides an evolutionary pathway that may explain the origin of music. The study’s authors suggest that “the foundational ...

The results showed that lemurs with these extra folds were able to call louder and include more complicated noises in these calls than those without. "Primates use varied vocal repertoires to ...

Hear audio of mouse lemurs and pied babblers (Note: Lemur calls have been slowed down to one-tenth their speed so that scientists can analyze their differences.) Explore Subscribe Newsletters ...

Hearen, managing director at Toby’s Wildlife Management and Pest Control, said he was flooded with calls last Tuesday from park-goers who spotted what they thought was a lemur on the loose.

There are more than 20 species of mouse lemurs, and several have been identified only in recent years. This is a rarity in primate research, and illustrates just how much remains to be known about ...

Lemurs are primates found only on the African island of Madagascar and some tiny neighboring islands. Because of its geographic isolation, Madagascar is home to many amazing animals found nowhere ...

Although there are more than 100 species of lemurs, the ring-tailed lemur is arguably the most well-known thanks to King Julien in the hit children’s film Madagascar. His need to “move it ...