The Mongoose Lemur is one of the two lemur species found on the Comoro Islands as well as in ... Here, during the months of July and August, the study groups were exclusively nocturnal. They left ...

These threatened nocturnal lemurs live in the dry forests of western Madagascar and rarely leave the forests' trees. Little is known of these rare primates. Mouse lemurs are forest dwellers that ...

Visitors can look at the earliest lemurs and monkeys, elephant birds, mini hippos, and other species from Madagascar, South America, Africa and North America. “The exhibit is the story of primates, ...

There, at the top of the tree, is an Indri, which is the largest lemur in Madagascar. The reason it's thought that we find lemurs here in Madagascar, in Madagascar alone, is because there are no ...

They are familiar residents of many zoos. Lemurs use their hands and feet to move nimbly through the trees, but cannot grip with their tails as some of their primate cousins do. Ring-tailed lemurs ...

There, at the top of the tree, is an Indri, which is the largest lemur in Madagascar. The reason it's thought that we find lemurs here in Madagascar, in Madagascar alone, is because there are no ...

living above the tree-line at an elevation of 2500 m. (Goodman and Langrande, 1996). Lemur catta has been defined as a very flexible “edge” species: able to withstand relatively extreme temperatures ...

Charlie Welch retiring after 35 years of Madagascar conservation work When conservation expert Charlie Welch introduces people to Madagascar, he leads them through rainforests and wildlife preserves ...

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 ...