Mouse lemurs sleep aloft during the day and forage at night for insects, fruit, flowers, and other plants. These adaptable primates store fat in their tails and hind legs, burning it when forage ...

The zoo said all of their red ruffed lemurs have Greek names. Red ruffed lemurs are typically born at night, however, Helios was born in the day. Helios got his name due to the timing of his birth ...

For every overly cute creature like the Shawn-the-sheep nudibranch, there are strange and weird creatures like the red-fronted lemur. This lemur, while cute from a distance, does something ...

Ring-tailed lemurs look different! They retain a number of primitive mammalian traits. For example: Reflective tapetum lucidum, which is a layer of cells in the wall of the eye that reflects light ...

Many of these lemurs have incredibly high levels of genetic diversity, yet paradoxically, almost all—90%—of the more than 100 species that live on the island are threatened with extinction.

The lemurs of Madagascar face probable extinction within the next half-century if adequate conservation programs are not developed. Habitat loss remains the major threat to primate survival, with this ...

Here’s an amusing teaser from the upcoming animated family horror film Night of the Zoopocalypse , which is based on a story by hardcore horror genre author Clive Barker. In the promo, a lemur ...