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 ...

From the bumblebee bat to the Baluchistan pygmy jerboa, here are eight of the world's smallest mammals who thrive in a world ...

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 enabling them to turn back the clock on cellular ageing. And it may ...

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 ...

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 ...

A REMARKABLE report has come from Bombay of the discovery of the fossilised remains of a pygmy man in Baroda State. According to the account from the correspondent of The Times in the issue of ...

Stigmella torminalis, a pygmy moth with a wingspan of less than 0.5 centimeters and tufts of black or orange hair on its head, was found in 2021 in Hesse, according to a study in the peer-reviewed ...