Mammals make all manner of sounds, but their calls rarely resemble music. The culprit? A lack of rhythm—the temporal sequence that organizes sounds, and the pauses between them, into a repeatable ...

A study led by primatologist Dr. Chiara De Gregorio from the University of Warwick has found that Madagascar's singing lemurs, the indris (Indri indri), sing out of tune in infancy and improve as ...

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 ...

If animals could be nominated for Grammys, these lemurs could win.That's because they've got rhythm.The Indri indri, a species of lemur in Madagascar, is one of a few animal species with rhythm, ...

A type of lemur which communicates in rhythmic song shows how humans have evolved to create music, according to researchers at The University of Warwick. Indris, known as "singing lemurs" live in ...

Indris are the largest of Madagascar’s lemurs, and also one of the more adept at arboreal living. Using their long legs, they are capable of launching themselves between trees for a distance of up to ...