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 ...

Of the 111 lemur species and subspecies, which are only found on Madagascar, 105 are now critically endangered, endangered, or vulnerable. That’s 12 species more than the last time the ...

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.

Lemurs are the most endangered mammals on the planet, with 91 percent of known species threatened by extinction. Researchers want to preserve lemurs not only for their own sake, but for humans ...

Scientists have discovered and described a new species of mouse lemur from Madagascar. The new species is one of the smallest primates in the world. They are tiny and adorable with big googly eyes ...

This lemur species was once common across the south of Madagascar, but is now listed as critically endangered, the last category before extinction. The fate of Verreaux’s sifaka (Propithecus ...

An endangered species. Ring-tailed lemurs, or lemur catta, are endangered, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and the zoo is part of a program for ring-tailed lemur ...

A new scientific study says that a rare type of lemurs found in Madagascar are the only non-human mammals to have rhythm. The post This Lemur Species Is the Only Non-Human Mammal With Rhythm ...

Almost a third of all lemur species are now on the brink of extinction, including the Madame Berthe’s Mouse Lemur, the world’s smallest primate.

Of all the species, only the black and white indri lemur species is able to sing with the rhythms found in human music. "It's incredibly beautiful and haunting. Everyone has a different part in it.

Two endangered ring-tailed lemurs have been born at a zoo in Shropshire. Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World in Telford said the ...

A newly discovered tiny lemur on the African island nation of Madagascar is simply adorable. Madagascar is the native home of all of the 100-or-so species of lemur on Earth but now, researchers hav… ...