MADAGASCAR – It turns out that the Indri Indri lemurs of Madagascar can carry a tune. Researchers have found that these furry, tree-dwelling creatures use music to communicate with one another, likely ...

In fact, lemur songs seem to have at least two main rhythm patterns similar to many human songs. The first is the 1:1 pattern, such as in the dance club song “I like to move it,” which was used in the ...

Even in the animal kingdom, the first attempt at singing often sounds wrong: a new study shows that young indris — Madagascar’s singing lemurs — first have to learn to control their voice, just like ...