Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The world’s largest nocturnal primate—the aye-aye—is ...

If it seems too good to be true, the old cliché goes, it probably is. And it doesn’t get much gooder than the bizarre hand of the aye-aye, a specialized lemur that uses a hyper-elongated middle finger ...

Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." Aye-ayes are ...

The aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is the largest nocturnal primate. It is native to the island of Madagascar and known for its weird morphological features. Appearing to be half bat, half ...

Alright, let’s talk about the aye-aye, the creepiest critter you’ll ever meet from the wilds of Madagascar. This nocturnal lemur looks like it rolled straight out of a Tim Burton movie, with its buggy ...

The world's weirdest little primate has gotten even weirder, thanks to the discovery of a tiny extra digit. A study led by researchers from North Carolina State University has found that aye-ayes ...

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 ...

Scientists sequenced the genome of the aye-aye, a bizarre lemur species, for the first time. The research is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The ...