Discover how hibernating lemurs turn back time on a molecular level, helping scientists better understand cellular aging.

LEMURS may hold the answer to reverse ageing, stunned scientists have claimed. The cute creatures have a mysterious secret ...

A new study from Duke University and the University of California, San Francisco, reveals that these lemurs can lengthen ...

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

We're all familiar with the outward signs of aging. The face that greets you in the mirror each morning may have sagging skin ...

We're all familiar with the outward signs of aging. The face that greets you in the mirror each morning may have sagging skin ...

Like all lemurs, mouse lemurs inhabit the island of Madagascar off the east coast of Africa. The pygmy mouse lemur is the smallest primate in the world. Its head and body are less than two and a ...

A hamster-sized primate from Madagascar, the fat-tailed dwarf lemur is our closest genetic relative known to hibernate. They also tend to live longer than you’d expect given their size. New research ...

And it may explain why dwarf lemurs can live up to twice as long as other primate creatures similar in size. The unique trick all starts during their lengthy seven month hibernation, new ...

A hamster-sized primate from Madagascar, the fat-tailed dwarf lemur is our closest genetic relative known to hibernate. They also tend to live longer than you’d expect given their size.