Aye-ayes are among the strangest primates on Earth, with their oversized ears, spider-like hands, and—as new research shows—a previously undetected sixth finger. Five fingers per hand tends to be the ...

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Unusual animals called aye-ayes, a species of Madagascan lemur, could have scampered fully formed from Edgar Allan Poe's forehead. Aye-ayes are primates, like humans and monkeys, but they display a ...

A quest to gain a more complete picture of color vision evolution has led Biodesign Institute researcher Brian Verrelli to an up-close, genetic encounter with one of the world’s most rare and ...

Video shows captive Madagascan primates using elongated finger to pick nose and eat the mucus With its big eyes, bushy tail and sensitive ears, the aye-aye may appear a cute, if quirky, creature. But ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If you thought the weirdest creatures on Earth thrived in murky oceans and thermal vents, think again. Two of the world’s rarest and largest nocturnal ...

Research scientist Eleanor Sterling spent almost two years stumbling through the dark forests of Madagascar in an effort to better understand the aye-eye, perhaps one of the most endangered species on ...