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

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

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

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

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

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

Given the threat to lemurs in the wild, it is essential to determine how human-induced habitat change is affecting their health. In 2003 a survey on the health and disease ecology of wild ring-tailed ...

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 ...

Majorian, a male baby, was born Dec. 19, 2024, at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham. He is the third baby born to mother Lupicina and father Gabe, both part of the center’s conservation breeding ...

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 ...