Solitary lemurs in Madagascar rely on the alarm calls of birds and more social lemurs to evade predators, reports a study published in PLoS ONE. Researchers from Bristol University, Bristol…
An endangered lemur has a larger range than originally believed but is still at risk due to forest fragmentation and land clearing, reports a study published in the journal Primate…
Bears do it, bats do it, and now we know lemurs do it too: hibernate, that is. Since 2005, scientists have known that the western fat-tailed dwarf lemur hibernates, but…
A new film Nosy Maitso takes a look at the people, researchers, and wildlife connected to Madagascar's Ranomafauna National Park. Apart of a World Heritage Site, the park was established…
Scientists have discovered two new species of mouse lemurs in Madagascar, bringing the total number of diminutive primates known to science to 20, according to a paper published in the…
Scientists sequenced the genome of the aye-aye, a bizarre lemur species, for the first time. The research is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).…
Red-ruffed lemur, a commonly hunted but critically endangered lemur species. Photo by Rhett A. Butler Britain has authorized the export of thousands of guns to Madagascar, according to TanaNews.com, sparking…
Moth larvae munching on a host plant. Photo by: Tom Corcoran. Poaching is a major threat to endangered lemurs in some parts of Madagascar, but a group has come up…
Gray mouse lemur in Madagascar. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. As a small-brained and largely solitary primate, the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) wasn't supposed to have the capacity to…
Madagascar's greater bamboo lemur has been removed from the list of the world's 25 most endangered primates after conservationists discovered previously unknown populations of the rare creature, according to the…
Leaf-tailed gecko in Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler Madagascar officially designated its largest protected area in a region renowned for its tropical rainforests and rich diversity of wildlife, including…
Climate threat to lemurs Daraina region in Madagascar. Background image from Google Earth. Climate change that took place 4,000-10,000 years ago may have contributed to the endangered status of one…
A newborn greater bamboo lemur baby at the Port Lympne Wild Animal Park. Photo by: Dave Rolfe. Greater bamboo lemurs (Prolemur simus) are one of over a hundred lemur species…
Coquerel's sifakas kissing. Photo by Rhett A. Butler 94 of the world's 103 lemur species are at risk of extinction according to a new assessment by the International Union for…
Mockup of the NamanaBe Hall. A high-tech research center opened today on the edge of a rainforest in Madagascar. The facility, known as the Centre Valbio, will support efforts to…
Baby black lemur. Picture by Dave Rolfe. Howletts Wild Animal Park in near Canterbury in Britain released photos of an infant black lemur born recently. The facility is holding a…
Coquerel's Sifaka and Baby. Photo by Julie Larsen Maher © WCS Two baby lemurs were put on display this week in the Madagascar! exhibit at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx…
Shaq with a mouse lemur. Photo courtesy of Mireya Mayor. One of the world's most recognizable professional basketball players has used his stature to highlight one of the world's smallest…
Moth larvae munching on a host plant. Photo by: Tom Corcoran. For anyone who works in conservation in Madagascar, confronting the complex difficulties of widespread poverty is a part of…
An interview with Kara Moses, a part of our on-going Interviews with Young Scientists series. Kara Moses with the ruffed lemurs at Dudley Zoo, conducting undergraduate research. Kara Moses may…
A new species of mouse lemur has been discovered in eastern Madagascar, report researchers from Germany. The species is described in a recent issue of the journal Primates. The diminutive…
The indri lemur is one of the most commonly hunted for bushmeat, though it is listed as Endangered. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler . Conservationists have often found that some…
Conservationists shouldn't overlook the detrimental health impacts of shifting local populations away from subsistence bushmeat hunting, says a new study. The paper, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of…
Black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata) feeding on a tamarind. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Many tropical plants depend on other species to carry their progeny far-and-wide. Scientists are just beginning…
Female crowned lemur tackling a mango in Madagascar's Tsingy stone forest. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Like all of the world's hundred-plus lemur species, the crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus) is…
Deforested area in Madagascar in the western watershed of the Bay of Antongil. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. This weekend around 500 people showed up for a rally and concert…
Two Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) in a heated chase in Madagascar. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. One the ground Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) move in sideways jumps giving them the…
A new film, Trouble in Lemur Land, showcases the Critically Endangered silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus). With only 300-2,000 silky sifaka's surviving in the wild, this large and distinct lemur is…
Richard Branson's plan to introduce lemurs on one of his private islands in the Caribbean is a terrible idea if his aim is really to protect the primates from extinction.…
