In the recesses of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., Stephanie Canington is giving a dead lemur a tooth exam. Holding the caramel-colored skull of a once-captive ...

Researchers are working to digitally preserve the bodies of lemurs that have died so future students and scientists might learn more about lemur anatomy—and “virtually dissect” them. Almost all of the ...

Skulls of extinct lemurs. At least 17 lemur species have gone extinct in the past 2,000 years. Photo by Brooke Crowley. The disappearance of one species does not necessarily allow remaining competitor ...

A new study looks at the prevalence of human consumption of lemur and fossa (Madagascar's largest predator) in villages within and around Makira Natural Park, northeastern Madagascar, providing ...

Hiding in the weird creature’s palm was something that scientists had missed. By JoAnna Klein Madagascar’s aye-aye lemur is an endearing aberration of an animal. It has enormous ears, a bushy tail, ...

Comparative Anatomy and Taxonomy. 1: Strepsirhini. By Dr. W. C. Osman Hill. (Edinburgh University Publications, Science and Mathematics No. 3.) Pp. xxiii + 798 + 24 ...

Université de Montréal provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA-FR. Université de Montréal provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. In my home country of Madagascar, ...

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