Two sharp-dressed men have taken up residence at the Vilas Zoo. Cape porcupines Hami and Nugget have made their debut among ...

Two sharp-dressed men have taken up residence at the Henry Vilas Zoo.

Memes about repeated evolution of crabs have been co-opted to joke about technology and “ultimate forms.” They’re hilarious, but they oversimplify natural variation, giving bad arguments a scientific ...

Native to Madagascar, the aye-aye looks like a cross between a remarkable lemur and a haunting specter. With its large, expressive eyes and long, thin middle finger, the aye-aye is equipped with ...

Humans may not be the only animals that ingest alcohol, research is suggesting. Studies on animals are showing they may be eating natural ethanol for its medicinal or nutritional properties.

Troy S. Aye, 55, of Swansea, Ill., died Feb. 15, 2025, in St. Louis. Mr. Aye grew up in Belleville, Ill., and graduated from Belleville West High School. He then attended Belleville Beauty Academy and ...

Lemurs - those small, big-eyed primates that live in the trees of Madagascar, off the southeast coast of Africa - are an evolutionary mystery. When the first lemurs appeared tens of millions of years ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have developed the first transgenic nonhuman primate model—genetically modified to carry a human gene—for studying hepatitis B virus. The ...

It has 26 pages and each page features a photograph of the target animal. The protagonist, Aye-Aye, is a kind of lemur who has fun pranking human visitors, only to find that they banish him from his ...

If you’re a parent, you know that your kids will be bombarded with myths and legends from every side. Of course, the world is full of tales, so your kids will inevitably pick up some of them somewhere ...

WINNIPEG — The Assiniboine Park Zoo has welcomed four ring-tailed lemurs to its newly renovated habitat inside Toucan Ridge. The lemurs — Rusty, Lasonia, Ruby, and Lily — were transferred ...