Studying how these distant primate relatives slow aging during hibernation may reveal new strategies for supporting healthy ...

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 small lemur native to Madagascar may hold unexpected clues to reversing aging, thanks to a surprising cellular ability ...

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 research team from Duke University and the University of California, San Francisco, recently studied the effects of ...

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 ...

Consider the fat-tailed dwarf lemur of Madagascar. This hamster-sized primate can turn back the cellular aging clock and momentarily defy time during its annual hibernation season, according to ...

Some creatures have a way to reverse this process, at least temporarily. Consider the fat-tailed dwarf lemur of Madagascar. This hamster-sized primate can turn back the cellular aging clock and ...

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.

Could dwarf lemurs hold clues to our ability to hibernate?Could dwarf lemurs hold clues to our ability to hibernate?

Whether it was a pregnant sifaka in for an ultrasound, a ring-tailed lemur with a limp, or an elderly dwarf lemur with cataracts, it was all in a day’s work for Williams. Now, after nearly three ...

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.