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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MADAGASCAR – It turns out that the Indri Indri lemurs of Madagascar can carry a tune. Researchers have found that these furry, tree-dwelling creatures use music to communicate with one another ...