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Viral video of endangered lemur made people want one as a pet: Study

Mongabay.com 29 Jan 2019
Rainforest at Tampolo on the Masoala Peninsula. The peninsula has been heavily logged for rosewood in the wake of the 2009 coup d’etat that brought Andry Rajaolina to power in Madagascar for the first time. He was elected to the presidency in December and will take office Jan 19. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

Madagascar’s next president to take office, bears suspect eco record

Edward Carver 18 Jan 2019

Photos: Top 10 new species of 2018

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Dec 2018
Baobab trees in Western Madagascar.

Wildlife, ecotourism industry at stake in Madagascar’s election, says scientist

Mongabay.com 18 Dec 2018
Black lemur on Nosy Komba, Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

The second time couldn’t be worse than the first (insider)

Rhett A. Butler 7 Dec 2018
Google Earth image of the Manambolo River Canyon.

The river of blood (insider)

Rhett A. Butler 28 Nov 2018

Millipedes might soothe itchy lemurs, research finds

Mongabay.com 13 Aug 2018

95 percent of all lemur species face high risk of extinction, experts say

Mongabay.com 2 Aug 2018

Forest communities pay the price for conservation in Madagascar

John Cannon 25 Jul 2018
A critically endangered diademed sifaka (Propithecus diadema), one of nine lemur species that live in the rainforest where the Ambatovy mine was established. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

Uncertainty around Madagascar mine in wake of cyclone

Laurence Soustras, Riana Raymonde Randrianarisoa 27 Jun 2018

Lessons for developing countries in expansion of Madagascar’s protected area network

Mike Gaworecki 21 May 2018
A Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) nursing. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

Sifaka lemurs listed as “critically endangered” amid mysterious die-off

Edward Carver 15 May 2018
A critically endangered indri lemur (Indri indri). Ten indris were killed in the recent poaching incident. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. A critically endangered indri lemur (Indri indri). Ten indris were killed in the recent poaching incident. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Madagascar: Conservation official arrested for killing 11 endangered lemurs

Riana Raymonde Randrianarisoa 16 Mar 2018

There’s a new member of the lemur family

Mike Gaworecki 11 Jan 2018

Photos: Top 20 new species of 2017

Mike Gaworecki 28 Dec 2017

Do protected areas work in the tropics?

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Dec 2017

Monkey business: Building a global database of primate conservation studies (commentary)

Claire Wordley 12 Dec 2017

Here is the most current list of the world’s top 25 most endangered primates

Mike Gaworecki 28 Nov 2017
A baby silky sifaka lemur (Propithecus candidus) in Marojejy National Park. Photo by Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor for Mongabay.

Lemur on the menu: most-endangered primates still served in Madagascar

Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor 15 Nov 2017

Lemur species losing favorite food to climate change, new study says

Mongabay.com 26 Oct 2017

Can community forestry deliver for Madagascar’s forests and people?

Rowan Moore Gerety 2 Oct 2017
Ring-tailed lemur. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Ring-tailed lemurs down by 95 percent? Maybe not.

Matthew P. Reed 19 Jun 2017

Will Madagascar lose its most iconic primate?

Matthew P. Reed 24 Mar 2017

LemurFaceID: The facial recognition tech helping researchers track lemurs in the wild

Mike Gaworecki 1 Mar 2017

New species of dwarf lemur discovered in Madagascar

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Feb 2017

Primates face impending extinction – what’s next?

Russell A. Mittermeier and Anthony B. Rylands 24 Jan 2017

‘Running out of time’: 60 percent of primates sliding toward extinction

John Cannon 19 Jan 2017

Study looks at positive and negative impacts of biodiversity offsets on local communities

Mike Gaworecki 23 Dec 2016

What conservation isn’t: Eating endangered lemurs to save them

Kim Reuter / Marni Lafleur / Tara Clarke 23 Aug 2016

In search of Madagascar’s “marine primates”

Mike Gaworecki 17 Jun 2016

Three new mouse lemurs, which are actually primates, found in Madagascar

Mike Gaworecki 20 Apr 2016

Meet the world’s 25 most endangered primates

Shreya Dasgupta 26 Nov 2015

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