It all happens during hibernation, said lead author Marina Blanco of Duke. When winter sets in in the wild, dwarf lemurs ...

A tiny primate from Madagascar, the fat-tailed dwarf lemur, has an amazing ability—it can slow down cellular aging while it ...

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

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

It all happens during hibernation, said lead author Marina Blanco of Duke. When winter sets in in the wild, dwarf lemurs ...

There are more than 20 species of mouse lemurs, and several have been identified only in recent years. This is a rarity in primate research, and illustrates just how much remains to be known about ...

Lemurs are primates found only on the African island of Madagascar and some tiny neighboring islands. Because of its geographic isolation, Madagascar is home to many amazing animals found nowhere ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- It’s quite possible that no one in the world has diagnosed, treated, and otherwise cared for more lemurs than veterinarian Dr. Cathy Williams. Since joining the Duke Lemur Center in ...

But dwarf lemurs have a way of keeping their telomeres ... During this period of metabolic slow-motion, their heart rate slows from around 200 beats per minute to fewer than eight, they become ...