Rush weaves in and around her exotic pets with ease and cheerfulness and Cheerios, doling them out to the lemurs. They thrust their humanlike hands into the open boxes and draw out fistfuls of O ...

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 lemurs of Madagascar face probable extinction within the next half-century if adequate conservation programs are not developed. Habitat loss remains the major threat to primate survival, with this ...

It means that people can't keep animals as pets unless they give them a safe place to live and look after them. Primates like monkeys and lemurs were included in this. People could keep them as ...

Lemurs and meerkats have been spotted enjoying bouquets of roses ahead of Valentine's Day in adorable new photos. Groups of meerkats and black and white ruffled lemurs at Auchingarrich Wildlife ...

Virtual tours are also available. The N.C. Zoo, outside Asheboro, also has lemurs. The park is home to the red-ruffed (Varecia rubra) species, which are the largest of the lemurs. They too are ...

Named for their black and white banded tail, ring-tailed lemurs are primates and live in matriarchal societies of up to 30 individuals. Ring-tailed lemurs can live up to 20 years in the wild and ...

Ring-tailed lemurs look different! They retain a number of primitive mammalian traits. For example: Reflective tapetum lucidum, which is a layer of cells in the wall of the eye that reflects light ...