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Lice Reveal Elusive Lemurs’ Social Networking Patterns
The social interactions of brown mouse lemurs can be monitored by mapping the transfer of tagged lice. (Sarah Zohdy) Parasite activity can yield clues to the social habits of even the most secretive of...
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Madagascar’s President to Meet Exiled Rival
Madagascar's strongman leader Andry Rajoelina (C) arrives for a dinner at the Presidential guest house in Pretoria during political talks on Madagascar on April 28, 2010. (Stepane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty...
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Plague of Locusts in Madagascar Threatens Crops
Plague of locusts have swarmed over much of Madagascar. The locust plague now threatens much of the country’s rice crops, a staple of the Madagascar, where 80 percent lives on $1 or less per day. A...
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Huge Egg: $101,813 Sale at UK Auction (+Photos)
Huge egg $101,813: A large, fossilized egg produced by an extinct bird sold more $101,813 at an auction in the United Kingdom. A huge egg that was laid by a now-extinct elephant bird in the 1600s sold...
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Adorable Lemur Plays With Hand (Video)
The Comoro Islands lie to the north of Madagascar and are a haven for wild animals. This footage shows a maki, an adorably small and cute brown lemur found on the island, playing with the hands of a...
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Dog-Headed Men: Truth Behind the Legend?
Stories of dog-headed men pervade lore from ancient Greece through to medieval Europe and Africa. Many accounts center around India. What’s behind these accounts? Were they dehumanizing descriptions of...
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Underwater Cave Found to House Large Fossil Graveyard (Video)
A series of underwater caves housing what could be the largest known collection of lemur fossils has been discovered in Madagascar. Paleontologists and anthropologists funded by the National Science...
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‘Minions’: Making Millions in Movie Multiplexes
The penguins from the “Madagascar” franchise starred in their own movie; now it’s the minions of the “Despicable” movies turn. Can they handle it? Oh yes! Yellow minions, like blue smurfs, are here to...
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The Disturbing Backstory to the ‘Cute Lemur’ Viral Video
Have you seen the cute lemur video? There’s a high chance. After all, the video has been played on Facebook more than 60 million times—and who can blame you anyway? The little primate gesticulates so...
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