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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 their sense of smell than monkeys do, according to the Lemur Conservation Foundation. The lemur superfam...