Lemurs first arrived on the island of Madagascar 53.2 million years ago, probably hitching a ride on a vegetation raft from ...

A Coquerel's sifaka, a critically endangered type of lemur known for jumping vertically like a pogo stick, was born recently at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. The female infant is the third of its ...

The post The World’s Smallest Primate, Madame Berthe’s Mouse Lemur, May Be Extinct According To Worried Conservationists ...

A true superstar of the animal kingdom, Stumpy recently made headlines by achieving the Guinness World Record as the oldest living lemur in captivity. His extraordinarily long life highlights the ...

What can be done when one threatened animal kills another? Scientists studying critically endangered lemurs in Madagascar confronted this difficult reality when they witnessed attacks on lemurs by ...

With the new year, a fresh start for the "dancing lemur" species could be on the horizon. The nickname for the Coquerel's sifaka lemur hails from the unique way they move, standing perfectly upright ...

DURHAM, North Carolina -- Researchers at the Duke Lemur Center are celebrating the birth of three new lemurs from two critically endangered lemur species. Lemurs excitedly jumped from tree to tree to ...

An update of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species reveals that nearly a third, or 31% of all lemur species in Madagascar are now Critically ...