At least 95 percent of Madagascar’s lemur species are now threatened with extinction, according to conservation experts. Habitat loss, hunting, and climate pressures are pushing these iconic primates ...

Lemurs are known for their social grooming, but their best grooming tool is their tongue. Below their main tongue lies the sublingua—a stiff, secondary “tongue” used specifically to clean their ...

The animals she is describing are lemurs, primates like us. They are the unlikely product of one of nature’s reckless little experiments: all of them—more than 50 living lemur species—derive from a ...

There are about 100 species of lemur in existence, and nearly all of them live on the isolated island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. So their main diet is based on foods available within ...

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 you liked this story, share it with other people. Primatologist Jonah Ratsimbazafy has warned that primate conservation is at critical juncture, and success will depends on collective effort. As he ...

Why it's awesome: Colugos are commonly called "flying lemurs," but the name is misleading. These nocturnal mammals look somewhat like lemurs, with small, furry faces that are dominated by a pair of ...

Alexander Dunlop was at Banham Zoo for a news piece on its annual animal count. — -- What should have been a quick and easy TV news piece at the zoo instead became a version of "Animal House" for ...

The matriarch of a Colorado zoo’s lemur troop is caring for three newborn babies after she saved the day by adopting her sister’s baby, officials said. Screenshot of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo's Facebook ...

Laid-Back Lemur Enjoys Listening to Rap and Dances to the Beat originally appeared on PetHelpful. It's not every day that you get to see videos of pet lemurs, and it's even less usual to see a pet ...

If you are spending a lot of time scrolling through adorable baby animal photos and videos, let's get you off the couch and offer a better idea. The Brandywine Zoo has welcomed a baby lemur to its ...