Aye-ayes just got even more unusual. The tiny lemurs of Madagascar, known for their large cartoonish ears and continuously growing incisor teeth, also have a sixth “finger” on each hand. The extra ...

Aye-ayes are among the strangest primates on Earth, with their oversized ears, spider-like hands, and—as new research shows—a previously undetected sixth finger. Five fingers per hand tends to be the ...

Video shows captive Madagascan primates using elongated finger to pick nose and eat the mucus With its big eyes, bushy tail and sensitive ears, the aye-aye may appear a cute, if quirky, creature. But ...

The Duke Lemur Center has zeroed in on avocados as the cause of death for four aye-ayes in October. Officials said a natural toxin found in avocados caused damage to the heart muscles of the primates, ...

While picking one's nose may seem a gruesome and socially unacceptable habit to us, it is a different story in the animal kingdom. A new study reveals that aye-ayes - a long-fingered species of lemur ...

For the first time, the complete genomes of three separate populations of aye-ayes -- a type of lemur -- have been sequenced and analyzed in an effort to characterize patterns of genetic diversity and ...

Native to Madagascar, this lemur looks like a strange mix of several animals. It has the round eyes of an owl, the ears of a bat, rodent-like teeth that never stop growing and a wiry, bushy tail ...

Officials at the Duke Lemur Center said Thursday that avocados were the cause of death for four lemurs who died in October. Officials at the Duke Lemur Center said Thursday that avocados were the ...

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