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Before Madagascar, lemurs lived under the radar. Today, King Julien is a household name and some of us think about his silly ...
It all came about thanks to the expertise of caring veterinarians at the Staten Island Zoo and at the Schwarzman Animal ...
Scottish Wildcats - Though some can be small and fluffy like the zoo's own Ruthven, the wildcats which easily mistaken for domestic cats, often greet the zookeepers with a hiss to show aggression.
AT long last, a senior Labour politician has said it out loud: White working class kids are being failed by our education ...
People have two more reasons to visit the Naples Zoo. Twin male lemurs were born March 25, the zoo announced April 29. They are named Rano (“Rah-noo”) ― which means water ― and Afo (“Ah ...
Males who detected a weak odor signal were more likely to place their own scent on a spot previously marked by an injured lemur than one marked by a healthy one. This suggeststhe overmarking male ...
The typical scent from a male year-round is bitter and used to mark its territory. But the scent changes during mating season to something more pleasant — at least to the female lemurs — and ...
Dominant male lemurs flexibly grow their testicles when other males are around, putting them in a better position to successfully mate. In many species, dominant males have larger testes than ...
The infant would’ve been the fourth surviving offspring of Sava and Xonsu, an 11-year-old male lemur at the zoo, according to officials. “While Sava is an experienced mother who has ...
Tecot and her colleagues suspect that the hormonal shift is part of nature's way of preparing male lemurs for fatherhood. "We were interested in estradiol because there have been some experimental ...
Officials said the young lemurs were taken to the Haven Zoo in Hart County. They said an 8-week-old male lemur was found in an illegal home and was badly neglected. According to officials ...