Madagascar’s geographic isolation and varied forest types have spawned a biological wonderland, home to thousands of endemic animals and plants that, like the lemurs, are facing pressure from ...

Lemurs of Madagascar come in many shapes and sizes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Lemurs are a unique group of primates ...

The evolution of lemurs is considered to be unique because they evolved entirely in isolation on the island of Madagascar […] ...

An animal that could hold the key to life-threatening human diseases is on the verge of extinction, researchers say. Nearly all of the world's lemurs reside in Madagascar, an island nation off the ...

Lemurs' Park is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with visitors admitted until 4 p.m. Tickets cost 30,000 Malagasy ariary (or about $10) per person, but reduced rates are available for groups with ...

Dr. Patel once dreamed of studying the great apes of Africa, as Jane Goodall or Frans de Waal did, but he got hooked on lemurs in the late 1990s and has worked in Madagascar ever since.

Lemurs are primates like us, but they're the weird cousins. They're found only on Madagascar off the coast of Africa, and they fight by secreting smelly paste from their shoulders and using their ...

Deep below the surface of a water-filled cave in Madagascar, divers and paleontologists have uncovered a boneyard full of extinct giant lemurs. Hundreds of bones dot the silty bottom of Aven Cave ...

Ranking of the top 10 things to do in Madagascar. Travelers favorites include #1 Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve, #2 Avenue of the Baobabs and more.

With the world’s largest concentration of endangered species, Madagascar is also a leading place to study extinction. Last year the country lost the greatest percentage of primary forest, mak… ...