Hibernating dwarf lemurs can stay in this cold, standby state for about a week before they have to briefly warm up, and ...

A tiny primate from Madagascar, the fat-tailed dwarf lemur, has an amazing ability—it can slow down cellular aging while it ...

Dwarf lemurs, however, have a way to extend their telomeres. A study published in the journal Biology Letters suggests that ...

According to the Singapore Zoo website, visitors are warned to not approach, feed, touch, tease or carry out other acts that ...

Over half of lemur species rely on leaves as their main food item. They also exhibit a high degree of energy-conserving behaviors, including hibernation and torpor—a shorter period of inactivity ...

It all happens during hibernation, said lead author Marina Blanco of Duke. When winter sets in in the wild, dwarf lemurs ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- It’s quite possible that no one in the world has diagnosed, treated, and otherwise cared for more lemurs than veterinarian Dr. Cathy Williams. Since joining the Duke Lemur Center in ...

The lemurs' changes were temporary ... these drastic metabolic rev-ups "really challenge the body to the extreme, from zero to 100," Greene added. A similar lengthening phenomenon has recently ...