That might sound like the stuff of nightmares to us, but for lemurs, it’s far more helpful than horror-like. If you’re ...

Although you'll have ample opportunities to spot lemurs in national parks like Mantadia and Lokobe, for even more chances to see these furry creatures, travel 16 miles southwest of Antananarivo to ...

Ring-tailed lemurs have been studied primarily at two sites in the south and southwest of Madagascar: Berenty and Beza Mahafaly. While this species is found primarily in riverine and xerophytic and ...

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 ...

For every overly cute creature like the Shawn-the-sheep nudibranch, there are strange and weird creatures like the red-fronted lemur. This lemur, while cute from a distance, does something ...

Over a vast sweep of time, 'the lemurs have diversified to fill all manner of different habitats. From the arid, spiny forests of the south, to the rocky canyons in the north. There is something ...

Several species of lemur, the field hamster and a whale species have been added to the global Red List of Threatened Species. A total of 103 of the 107 lemur species are now threatened with ...

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 ...

The ring-tailed lemur is found in the dry forests and bush of southern and south-western Madagascar. Females reproduce at about three years of age, and they generally give birth to one baby a year.