Madagascar's red-fronted lemurs may have a secret weapon from nature's medicine cabinet: millipedes. Biologists believe that lemurs chew on millipedes to treat and prevent conditions such as itching ...

Scientists have observed red-fronted lemurs in Madagascar biting millipedes and then rubbing themselves with the secretions. A team of researchers published their observations in the journal Primates, ...

Madagascar’s red-fronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons) eat millipedes to both prevent and cure infections caused by some parasites, according to a study published in Primates yesterday (July 30). “Eating ...

For 126 years, the giant millipede Spirostreptus sculptus existed in the scientific record as little more than a single preserved specimen, described in 1897. No researcher had documented it since.

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A five-day expedition into Madagascar's largest rainforest turned up 21 species that hadn't been documented by scientists in years - including a nearly 11-inch millipede no researcher had recorded in ...