Madagascar is an island that's no stranger to natural disasters, in particular cyclones. This is because it's located in the south-west Indian Ocean cyclone basin, a region of the Indian Ocean where ...

Where do lemurs come from and what are their origins? The ancestors of the lemurs would have arrived from Africa to Madagascar by natural floating rafts 65 million years ago. Then they evolved and ...

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, ...

The distribution and biogeography of the ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta) in Madagascar / Steven M. Goodman, Soava V. Rakotoarisoa and Lucienne Wilmé -- A preliminary estimate of Lemur catta population ...

Hear the word ‘”lemur” and one of the first things that will spring to mind is King Julien, the self proclaimed “Lord of the Lemurs” and party king! The Madagascar movie franchises, and the triple ...

The Duke Lemur Center in Durham, which houses the largest number of lemurs outside Madagascar, is hosting Lemur Week through April 5 in conjunction with the release of a new IMAX 3D film, "Island Of ...

The Smithsonian's National Zoo is home to red-ruffed, black-and-white ruffed, ring-tailed and collared brown lemurs. Learn more about these charasmatic animals with a few of my favorite lemur facts.

The recent seizure in Thailand of 48 lemurs and more than 1,200 critically endangered tortoises endemic to Madagascar underscores the global scale of wildlife trafficking networks that use Thailand as ...

Lemurs are small social primates with pointed snouts, large eyes, and a long tail. These charismatic creatures are a favorite of children. There are about 100 living species and all of them live on ...

Researchers are investigating a sudden spike in pregnancies in one black-and-white ruffed lemur population that might signal environmental stress to the mammals A population of black-and-white ruffed ...

Université de Montréal provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA-FR. Université de Montréal provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. In my home country of Madagascar, ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The Little Rock Zoo is gearing up to celebrate and bring awareness to lemurs this weekend. The zoo said they will be celebrating the Madagascar-native primate along with their ...