Just a few thousand years ago, the island of 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 ...

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 ...

A new population of rare giant mouse lemurs was discovered in southwestern Madagascar’s Ranobe forest, WWF said. Last year during a night survey monitoring biodiversity along the gallery forest of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Madagascar, besides being the inspiration for several animated films ...

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 ...

Is it possible that monsters that populate our legends were influenced by the fossil record? People have been discovering the traces and remains of prehistoric creatures for thousands of years. And ...

“Oh my god! How do they manage to walk and climb without bumping these things onto every branch?” asked Johanna Rode-Margono the first time she saw the testicles of a giant mouse lemur close up. In ...

The researchers studied 8,000 years of climate data from mines. Human activity "likely contributed" to the extinction of multiple species on the islands on Madagascar and Mascarene, according to new ...

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 ...