A new study in aye-ayes is the first to review nose picking in primates and reports the first evidence of the habit in lemurs. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

For the first time, the complete genomes of three separate populations of aye-ayes -- a type of lemur -- have been sequenced and analyzed in an effort to characterize patterns of genetic diversity and ...

With its crazed eyes, sticky-out ears and hair standing on end, in some ways this unusual primate resembles certain humans at the end of a long night out. But the strange type of lemur, know as the ...

While picking one's nose may seem a gruesome and socially unacceptable habit to us, it is a different story in the animal kingdom. A new study reveals that aye-ayes - a long-fingered species of lemur ...

There's a little extra thumb-thing on the hand of the aye-aye, a strange-looking nocturnal lemur native to Madagascar. Tucked near each wrist is a small nub of bone and cartilage that's like a ...