My visit to Madagascar was during baby season for lemurs, which was wonderful. I ended up seeing many species carrying very ...

New research shows oxytocin levels in lemur brains may drive social shifts, offering insight into behavior and evolution.

A group of primates known as Lemuroidea Gray, 1873, or lemurs, lives exclusively on Madagascar and on a small group of islands close by. They were the only primates to be found on the Madagascar until ...

Lemurs are primates found only on the African island of Madagascar and some tiny neighboring islands. Because of its geographic isolation, Madagascar is home to many amazing animals found nowhere ...

Although you'll have ample opportunities to spot lemurs in national parks like Mantadia and Lokobe, for even more chances to see these furry creatures, travel 16 miles southwest of Antananarivo to ...

Like all lemurs, mouse lemurs inhabit the island of Madagascar off the east coast of Africa. The pygmy mouse lemur is the smallest primate in the world. Its head and body are less than two and a ...

Deep in the forests of Madagascar, one woman is rewriting the fate of a lemur species once thought to be lost. The greater bamboo lemur was on the brink of extinction — until Maholy ...

Kevin Schafer Of the 100 or so types of lemurs, all in Madagascar, only two are mostly white, including the silky sifaka, which has long luxurious fur. Kevin Schafer Silkies have long toes and an ...

A bamboo lemur is seen at the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park in Madagascar, March 29, 2025. Madagascar, an Indian Ocean island country, boasts unique biodiversity due to its geographical ...

Ring-tailed lemurs have been studied primarily at two sites in the south and southwest of Madagascar: Berenty and Beza Mahafaly. While this species is found primarily in riverine and xerophytic and ...