DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Meet Melisandre, a baby lemur born at the Duke Lemur Center who is one of only 25 of her kind in the U.S. "Mel" is a rare baby aye-aye, a long-fingered lemur. She's the child of ...

The night is dark and full of...lemurs? A rare aye-aye was born at Duke Lemur Center in North Carolina last month. The nocturnal creature native to Madagascar was named Melisandre, after the "Game of ...

Four aye-aye lemurs died suddenly at the Duke Lemur Center on October 25 and 26, center officials said in a news release. There are fewer than 50 aye-ayes in captivity in the world. “We had 13 and now ...

With its spindly fingers and bat-like ears, the aye-aye already stands out from other lemurs. Now, researchers have found a bizarre feature that sets it apart from every other primate, too: a sixth ...

Colton may be the next Bachelor, but it's Tonks who is stealing hearts Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared on MTV, ...

The aye-aye looks like someone took a bat, a rat, and a gremlin and stuck them in a blender, then gave the result one incredibly long middle finger that it uses like a Swiss Army knife. This bizarre ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. One ...

Hiding in the weird creature’s palm was something that scientists had missed. By JoAnna Klein Madagascar’s aye-aye lemur is an endearing aberration of an animal. It has enormous ears, a bushy tail, ...