"With all living and extinct lemurs together in the same tree, we can begin to understand how evolution and extinction have worked in the past, and project risks to these primate species into the ...

July 2 (UPI) --Madagascar's largest tree species are under threat. So are the island nation's iconic primates, its lemurs. Healthy forests are essential to Madagascar's lemurs, and new research ...

Widespread logging and hunting have endangered virtually all of Madagascar's 100-plus species of iconic lemurs, and a new study by ecologists illustrates how saving the animals may also be key to ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- The vast majority of lemur species are on the edge of extinction, experts warn. But not every lemur species faces a grim future. There may be as many as 1.3 million white-fronted brown ...

A little over a week after the Texas Zoo lemur exhibit was damaged by a large pecan tree, the displaced lemurs remain in temporary living quarters, a zoo official said. The five lemurs lost their home ...

Lemurs seem to hug trees to keep cool on sweltering days. Chloe Chen‑Kraus, affiliated with Yale University, and her colleagues noticed that in the Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve in south-west ...

correctionA statement in this article from Amanda Korstjens, a professor of behavioral ecology at Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom, was incorrectly attributed to Andrew Bernard, a doctoral ...

Lemurs normally live in trees, but researchers have discovered that at least two species hibernate underground. By tagging 12 animals with radiotransmitters, the team found that the lemurs dig ...

A conspiracy is afoot at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. And all the ring-tailed lemurs are in on it. Actually, they make up the bulk of it — a group of lemurs is called a conspiracy. Tis a bit of a complex ...

Lemurs sit near the base of the primate evolutionary tree. As distant cousins to homosapiens, their behavior, health and evolution may have significant implications for humans. At the Duke Lemur ...

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