An update of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species reveals that nearly a third, or 31% of all lemur species in Madagascar are now Critically ...

What do you know about lemurs? I did not know much before I went to Madagascar earlier this year, just that they are somehow related to monkeys, and that some of them have huge round eyes. Now I have ...

The strawberry guava, one of the world’s worst invasive species, hinders forest restoration on the island while feeding its ...

Lemurs are among the best-known representatives of Madagascar's animal kingdom. They make up more than 15 percent of all primate species living today – even though the island covers less than one ...

Conservationists in Madagascar are working with local communities to reduce forest fires and preserve the country's iconic lemur species. Madagascar is the only country with a native lemur population, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Primatologist Jonah Ratsimbazafy has warned that primate conservation is at critical juncture, and success will depends on collective effort. As he ...

Camera trap photos on the Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve in Madagascar captured images of, clockwise from upper-left: a dog and cat, a troop of ring-tailed lemurs and two Verreaux’s sifakas. In 2003, a ...

A new population of rare giant mouse lemurs was discovered in southwestern Madagascar’s Ranobe forest, WWF said. Last year during a night survey monitoring biodiversity along the gallery forest of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – ZooWorld has been in a state of recovery for the last three weeks, after losing seven ruffed lemurs to a ...