Lemurs first arrived on the island of Madagascar 53.2 million years ago, probably hitching a ride on a vegetation raft from ...

As a result, a large number of people across Madagascar are highly dependent on the island’s ecosystems for their livelihoods — for their survival — and those ecosystems are starting to fail, partly ...

MAINZ, Germany, July 30, 2013 (ENS) – Drenched with rain and working in the dense forests of southern Madagascar, researchers have identified a new species of dwarf lemur previously unknown to science ...

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 ...

Living in the rain forests of Madagascar is a newly discovered wonder of ecological diversity: A lemur that has been hiding out in the middle of about a dozen other lemur species. The new lemur is ...

A pair of endangered lemurs has been imported to the U.S. from Madagascar for the first time in two decades. The Duke Lemur Center announced Thursday that it transferred Mangamaso, a 5-year-old male, ...

In this Dec. 13, 2011 photo, a lemur sits on the shoulder of Kaarli Sundsmo as she holds her son Kaleb at the Vakona Forest Lodge in Andabise, Madagascar. The East African island nation of Madagascar ...

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, ...

Time and Tide Miavana, the private-island resort on Nosy Ankao, has worked with Mittermeier and the island's local community to lead a crowned lemur translocation. Photograph courtesy Time and Tide ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Madagascar’s rainforests often steal the spotlight, with their flamboyant biodiversity ...

The number of known species of the mouse lemur, the world's smallest primate, has increased by 25% with the description of three new species, bringing the total to 15. Mouse lemurs are wide-eyed ...

Skulls of extinct lemurs. At least 17 lemur species have gone extinct in the past 2,000 years. Photo by Brooke Crowley. The disappearance of one species does not necessarily allow remaining competitor ...