Only four species of bear are hibernators: American Black Bear, Asiatic Black bear, Brown bear and Polar bear. These furry mammals don’t hibernate in the true sense because their body temperature only ...

Bears often give birth during hibernation, and cubs nurse while the mother sleeps. Fat-tailed dwarf lemurs hibernate for seven months. They store fat in their tails. This fat is used for energy during ...

"We're all really proud to play our part in keeping this beautiful primate from extinction." Two golden lion tamarin twins and a gentle lemur are among the zoo's new residents.

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 ...

Mountain pygmy possum gets 'bogong biscuit' out of a feeding container made from mesh and pipes in a Kosciusko National Park boulder field. Photo shows New Year's Weather: Dark grey storm clouds ...

In the dense mangroves of Isla Escudo de Veraguas, a small island off the coast of Panama, resides one of the world’s most endearing and enigmatic creatures: the Pygmy Three-Toed Sloth (Bradypus ...

Lemur coloration varies from species to species, with black and white color forms to gray with ringtail features, bicolor forms, or solids of gray, white, black, brown, or red-brown. Monkeys also come ...

Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo, became an overnight sensation online. Videos of her were watched by millions. But conservationists say that popularity hasn’t resulted in any change on the ground ...

The aptly named Dwarf 3 will make you think again, with this compact smart telescope reduced to the size of an old-fashioned camcorder. Does reducing a telescope to such a portable size involve ...

The pygmy hippopotamus, now 6 months old ... The penguins look dispirited, the lemurs dejected. A flock of yellow-billed storks, native to Africa, stalks the grounds. Capybaras gathering near ...

He's small, cute and viral: the baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng, housed in a Thai zoo, has become the star of millions of posts, memes and videos around the world. But in the wild, the pygmy ...

Lemur calls have been slowed down to one-tenth their speed so that scientists can analyze their differences.) Behold the World's Smallest Monkey: The Pygmy Marmoset (02:17) National Treasure ...