Before Madagascar, lemurs lived under the radar. Today, King Julien is a household name and some of us think about his silly quotes a little too often. Little did we know that lemurs are such amazing ...

Lemurs with their large eyes, expressive faces and quirky personalities have won the hearts of wildlife lovers. But beyond ...

Thousands of the endangered primates end up on the dinner plates of people in the upper rung of the country’s society who have money to spare. By Dina Fine Maron Lemurs are charismatic primates known ...

This means that wild lemurs live exclusively on the island of Madagascar. Mongoose lemurs are also found wild on the nearby Comoros Islands, but this is likely due to human introduction. 2. There are ...

The island is home to nearly 100 species of lemur, some of the world's most impressive chameleons, over a hundred bird species that exist only there, and seven different kinds of baobab tree ...

A massive island that has been geologically isolated from the rest of the globe for millions of years is frequently dubbed the "eighth continent". Whilst numerous nations boast a handful of unique ...

In recent years, zoological institutions have made significant strides to reimagine ex situ animal habitats, moving away from traditional single-species enclosures towards expansive multi-species ...

Researchers are investigating a sudden spike in pregnancies in one black-and-white ruffed lemur population that might signal environmental stress to the mammals A population of black-and-white ruffed ...

Thousands of threatened lemurs are killed by specialist hunters every year to feed a lucrative urban market for their meat in cities across Madagascar. While rural subsistence hunting is seasonal and ...