Deep in the forests of Madagascar, one woman is rewriting the fate of a lemur species once thought to be lost. The greater bamboo lemur was on the brink of extinction — until Maholy ...

The Greater Bamboo lemur is on the brink of extinction. While their population has risen from just 100 to 1,000, bamboo farming and habitat loss continue to threaten their future. But Maholy ...

There are more than 20 species of mouse lemurs, and several have been identified only in recent years. This is a rarity in primate research, and illustrates just how much remains to be known about ...

When an endangered ring-tailed lemur turned up in Houston's Bear Creek Park last week, Russell Hearen couldn’t believe it at first. Hearen, managing director at Toby’s Wildlife Management and ...

Lemurs are primates found only on the African island of Madagascar and some tiny neighboring islands. Because of its geographic isolation, Madagascar is home to many amazing animals found nowhere ...

“Adopting lemurs promotes illegal trafficking and further decimates the wild population,” Millman said. “Some people do breed ...

The Naples Zoo will host a gender reveal for the lemur twins the following week. The Naples Zoo on Friday announced the birth of two endangered ring-tailed lemurs. The twins were born March 25.

Given the threat to lemurs in the wild, it is essential to determine how human-induced habitat change is affecting their health. In 2003 a survey on the health and disease ecology of wild ring-tailed ...

Ring-tailed lemurs look different! They retain a number of primitive mammalian traits. For example: Reflective tapetum lucidum, which is a layer of cells in the wall of the eye that reflects light ...