That might sound like the stuff of nightmares to us, but for lemurs, it’s far more helpful than horror-like. If you’re ...

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 ...

There are more than 20 species of mouse lemurs, and several have been identified only in recent years. This is a rarity in primate research, and illustrates just how much remains to be known about ...

Ring-tailed lemurs have a black and white striped tail which is longer than their whole body! They use their tails to communicate and for balance. Ring-tailed lemurs eat fruits, flowers ...

Given the threat to lemurs in the wild, it is essential to determine how human-induced habitat change is affecting their health. In 2003 a survey on the health and disease ecology of wild ring-tailed ...

To create their distinctive odour, male lemurs combine the strong but short-lived scent produced by their wrist glands, with longer lasting secretion from their shoulder glands. An action known as ...