Lemur Conservation News Today

For the first time, a critically endangered mongoose lemur has been born at the Jacksonville Zoo.\nThe baby is currently bonding with mother Olivia.

This is the first of a three-part series of reflections from a Bass Connections team working in Madagascar this summer.

The conspiracy of ring-tailed lemurs at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo doubled last year when Allagash gave birth to twins, and Rogue gave birth to a son, thanks to Hercules, who was

The Myakka facility is one of the few that has become a "safety net" for the world's oldest primate.

Lemurs: A diverse group of endangered primates Patrick Pester © Provided by Live Science null Lemurs are a unique group of primates native to Madagascar, an island off the coast of east Africa. Although they are related to monkeys and apes, lemurs make up a separate branch of the primate family tree and are classified as a superfamily, made up of five individual lemur families and more than 100 different species. Lemurs have pointed snouts with wet noses and rely more on thei...