Lemurs are among Madagascar’s signature animals. Lemurs first arrived on the island of Madagascar 53.2 million years ago, probably hitching a ride on a vegetation raft from mainland Africa. The island ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lemurs can sing with a sense of rhythm similar to humans, according to a study published Monday by Current Biology. Researchers ...

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

Break out the “awws”, because an adorable new species of lemur has just been discovered in Madagascar. Just look at its little face! The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or ...

In some parts of the world, animals are going extinct before scientists can even name them. Such may be the case for mouse lemurs, the saucer-eyed, teacup-sized primates native to the African island ...

With the new year, a fresh start for the "dancing lemur" species could be on the horizon. The nickname for the Coquerel's sifaka lemur hails from the unique way they move, standing perfectly upright ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Audubon Zoo is celebrating the arrival of two critically endangered Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs, named Kallisto and Galileo. The male lemurs were born in April and are part of a ...

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 ...

Famed for its lemurs, Madagascar now has three new species of the shy primates. The three new mouse lemurs were officially named in a paper published in June by the International Journal of ...

Lemurs can sing with a sense of rhythm similar to humans, according to a study published Monday by Current Biology. Researchers studied 636 recordings of vocalizations from 39 adult indris, a type of ...