(Phys.org) —An endangered species of Madagascan lemur uses the alarm calls of birds and other lemurs to warn it of the presence of predators, a new study by researchers from the University of Bristol and Bristol Zoo with ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 5, 2013
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Lemurs from species that hang out in big tribes are more likely to steal food behind your back instead of in front of your face.
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2013
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Anyone who has ever owned a pet will tell you that it has a unique personality. Yet only in the last 10 years has the study of animal personality started to gain ground with behavioral ecologists, said Jennifer Verdolin of ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Until recently, the only primate known to hibernate as a survival strategy was a creature called the western fat-tailed dwarf lemur, a tropical tree-dweller from the African island of Madagascar.
Plants & Animals
May 2, 2013
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Scientists have identified two new species of mouse lemur, the saucer-eyed, teacup-sized primates native to the African island of Madagascar.
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2013
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BGI today announces the online publication in Science of the latest findings through genomic analysis of two distantly related bat species, the Black flying fox (Pteropus alecto) and David's Myotis (Myotis davidii). The work ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 20, 2012
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Paternal recognition – being able to identify males from your father's line – is important for the avoidance of inbreeding, and one way that mammals can do this is through recognizing the calls of paternal kin. This was ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 29, 2012
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(Phys.org)—A seven million-year-old South American fossil from a species known as Arrhinolemur scalabrinii – which translates literally to "Scalabrini's lemur without a nose" – has long been a curiosity because there ...
Archaeology
Oct 4, 2012
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Lemurs, the furry apes brought to fame by the Disney animation film "Madagascar", are the most endangered mammals on Earth, an International Union for Conservation of Nature conference found.
Ecology
Jul 14, 2012
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CT scans of fossilized primate skulls or skull fragments from both the Old and New Worlds may shed light on how these extinct animals moved, especially for those species without any known remains, according to an international ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 13, 2012
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