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 ...

as would having another pair of eyes in the back of our heads – but what about two tongues? That might sound like the stuff ...

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 ...

Almost every species of lemur, wide-eyed primates unique to Madagascar, is under threat of extinction. That is the conclusion of an international group of conservationists, who carried out an ...

There are more than 20 species of mouse lemurs, and several have been identified only in recent years. This is a rarity in primate research, and illustrates just how much remains to be known about ...

Several dozen lemurs and more than 900 tortoises endemic to Madagascar that were trafficked to Thailand will be returned home ...

Several dozen lemurs and more than 900 tortoises endemic to Madagascar that were trafficked to Thailand will be returned home ...

It was in 2021 that I chanced upon a video of a Ring-tailed lemur sitting on the ground with his eyes closed and palms open, sort of in a meditative state. The endearing footage struck a chord ...

Another 31 common brown lemurs, with yellow eyes and orange fur, will arrive in the coming week. They will be held in quarantine and checked over by veterinarians before being released back "into ...