They found that 105 lemurs — 95 percent of all known lemur species and subspecies — might qualify as critically endangered, endangered, or vulnerable to extinction in the wild.

With more than 100 lemur species, there is much variation within this family of Malagasy primates. Discover 10 of the weirdest and most wonderful.

Of the 107 lemur species, iconic primates that are endemic to Madagascar, 103 are threatened, with 33 of them now recognized as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.

There are 111 known species and subspecies of lemur, all endemic to Madagascar, and this group concluded that 105 of those were under threat. This workshop, convened by the International Union for ...

Primatologists have discovered two new species of lemurs, naming one of them after Steve Goodman, a Field Museum scientist who has devoted decades to studying the animals of Madagascar. New lemurs ...

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A true superstar of the animal kingdom, Stumpy recently made headlines by achieving the Guinness World Record as the oldest ...

The vast majority of lemur species—unique primates found only in Madagascar—are on the brink of extinction, according to leading primate conservationists who gathered to review the conservation status ...

A ring-tailed lemur living at a zoo in Scotland was officially named the oldest in the world by Guinness World Records at the ...

At 19, Tucker Meek bought a pet lemur named Gizmo for half off the original price of $5,000 and a bottle of Grey Goose Vodka.

An indri, the largest of the remaining lemur species, clings to a tree in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park. Indris, also found in the sapphire mining area 80 miles north, are critically endangered ...