Using an unusually well-preserved subfossil jawbone, a team of researchers has sequenced for the first time the nuclear genome of the koala lemur (Megaladapis edwardsi), one of the largest of the 17 ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Using an unusually well-preserved subfossil jawbone, a team of researchers -- led by Penn State and with a multi-national team of collaborators including scientists from the ...

If humans had a similar body ratio to the northern giant mouse lemur, their testicles would be the size of grapefruits.

The first humans that settled Madagascar around 2000 years ago probably hunted to extinction giant lemurs and other unusual animals, an upcoming report suggests. Other animals the settlers feasted on ...

Just a few thousand years ago, Madagascar was inhabited by giant lemurs. Just a few thousand years ago, the island of Madagascar was inhabited by giant lemurs. How did such a diverse group of primates ...

Using DNA extracted from the remains of extinct giant lemurs like this sloth lemur (genus Palaeopropithecus), researchers aim to better understand why Madagascar's largest lemurs were wiped out, and ...

Velizar Simeonovski A giant lemur in Ampasambazimba, Madagascar, approximately 2,000 years ago, with elephant birds One terrible day about 3,700 years ago, a herd of dwarf hippos stopped to drink at ...