It was a dramatic demonstration when former Primate Center technician Jennifer Campbell mounded two piles of lemur food -- one large, one much smaller -- on a table a few years ago. Her point: The ...

A study of the bacteria in the guts of three lemur species offers new insights into the role of diet in shaping these microbial ecosystems - and how these microbes may relate to primate health. "We ...

The gut microbes of some lemur species are specialized to help in digesting food found in their habitats, a new study has found. Lemurs are only found in Madagascar and the Comoros Islands in the ...

A new study sequencing the genome of four species of sifakas (Propithecus), a genus of lemurs found in Madagascar's forests, reveals that these animals' taste for leaves runs all the way to their ...

Scientists at the Duke Lemur Center in North Carolina say their fat-tailed dwarf lemurs went into hibernation for the first time ever in captivity last winter, mimicking the process their counterparts ...

DURHAM, N.C. - Fruits and veggies are good for you and if you are a lemur, they may even help mitigate the effects of habitat loss. A new study sequencing the genome of four species of sifakas, a ...