Sentences with phrase «lemurs from»

Our recent groundbreaking victory removing tigers, lions and lemurs from a deplorable roadside zoo was based on the ESA, as are several of our ongoing cases.

To do this, the researchers first collected fossils of bamboo lemurs from across Madagascar in order to examine their teeth.

Statistical analyses aimed at reconstructing how much an adult Archicebus would have weighed in life show that it was slightly smaller than the smallest living primates, which are pygmy mouse lemurs from Madagascar.

You can see the lemurs from a platform giving you an unobstructed option which is great for photographers and lemur lovers alike, but the best part of the experience is taking the walk through and actually entering the enclosure and getting a up close experience with these beautiful creatures.

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The scientists exposed a group of mouse lemurs to moderate chronic caloric restriction (30 % fewer calories than their peers consuming a normal diet) from the outset of early adulthood (Restrikal cohort, see visuals below).

«Lessons from lemurs: To make friends, show off your smarts: How extracting a grape from a box helps primates gain social standing.»

Using DNA extracted from the remains of extinct giant lemurs like this sloth lemur (genus Palaeopropithecus), researchers aim to better understand why Madagascar's largest lemurs were wiped out, and what makes some lemur species more vulnerable to hunting and habitat loss today.

A 3 - metre - tall kangaroo; the car - sized armadillos called glyptodons; giant lemurs and elephant birds from Madagascar.

In a paper currently in review at the journal Oryx Hamburg University zoologist Jrg Ganzhorn and his colleagues report that at least three of Madagascars unique ecosystems have sustained so much damage that many of the resident large animal species, including a number of lemurs, have disappeared from them.

By comparing the hibernation habits of eastern dwarf lemurs and their western counterparts, researchers hope to shed light on what sends hibernating animals into standby mode, and whether lemurs — our closest genetic relatives known to hibernate — do it differently from other hibernating animals.

«But they provide a key transition zone if lemurs are to get from the areas where they live right now to the areas that will be most suitable in the future.»

CU Boulder Professor Michelle Sauther, shown here, is part of a new study showing Madagascar's ring - tailed lemurs are declining significantly from habitat loss, hunting, and illegal capture.

Humans have driven thousands of species extinct over the millennia, ranging from moas — giant, flightless birds that lived in New Zealand — to most lemurs in Madagascar.

«When we analyzed the mouse lemurs» DNA, we were able to see genetic similarities between lemur species that are closely related but today live far apart from each other.

«Making the lemurs rely on a suboptimal part of their food for just a bit longer may be enough to tip the balance from existence to extinction.»

An analysis of the greater bamboo lemur's current distribution on the island of Madagascar compared to its distribution in the past, as inferred from fossils, suggests that the lemurs used to live over a broader range.

Wright and her colleagues from Finland and Australia first showed that the greater bamboo lemurs are equipped with highly complex and specialized teeth, just like giant pandas — the only other mammal capable of feeding on culm.

The researchers plan to make the genetic sequencing and phenotyping information they obtain from the lemurs publicly available so that researchers around the world can take advantage of this trove of knowledge, Albertelli said.

He discovered the cries came from an assortment of lemurs — primates with large eyes, foxlike faces, and bushy tails — that predate monkeys and the great apes and have long been extinct everywhere else in the world.

The P. insignis skeleton is particularly exciting because, as a fruit - eater, it was one of the largest seed - dispersing lemurs, says Laurie Godfrey, an anthropologist from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

A «bonanza» of remains from extinct giant lemurs has been discovered in a flooded cave in Madagascar, shedding light on the island's unique ancient megafauna.

This showed the researchers the extent to which the lemurs have become «bamboo specialists», explains study author Prof Jukka Jernvall, an evolutionary biologist from the University of Helsinki.

On the path to determining whether humans could benefit from the same lifestyle, a 10 - year study on lemurs has now found that animals on the diet lived almost 50 percent longer than usual.

Haplorhini (haplo - rhini, Gr., simple noses) was named much later by Pocock [63], who separated Tarsius from lemurs and lorises and grouped it with higher primates.

From lemurs to lions, giraffes to gibbons, a day at the park can be a great bonding experience.

After escaping from their comfortable digs at the New York City zoo in their first film adventure, Marty the zebra (voice by Chris Rock) and his friends found themselves washed up on the shore of Madagascar where they encountered a group of crazy lemurs.

The textures, from Aladar's scaly skin to the fur of the lemurs, are remarkably lifelike and meticulously detailed.

As I was watching MADAGASCAR, the new animated flick from Dreamworks, it occurred to me that there just aren't enough lemurs in films of any kind and that's a darn shame.

Madagascar lemurs and tiny lion tamarinds from Brazil roam free in woodland, leaping through the trees.

The rustic resort is located 335 km from the airport and sits on the border of the Yala National Park, complete with a tribe of resident grey lemurs who might just think it fun to jump on your roof in the wee hours of the morning!

There are 86 different species recognised, ranging from mouse lemurs up to the indri, the size of a chimpanzee.

His depictions of wild beasts, from lemurs to leopards, provide the focus of this diverting new exhibition.

On the path to determining whether humans could benefit from the same lifestyle, a 10 - year study on lemurs has now found that animals on the diet lived almost 50 percent longer than usual.