The International Union for Conservation of Nature has updated its Red List of Threatened Species Maria Pasquini is the staff editor for human interest’s digital vertical at PEOPLE. She has been ...

The introduction of the Mouse Lemurs is a part of Hoo Zoo's commitment to species conservation and education. A pair of the ...

The Mongoose Lemur is one of the two lemur species found on the Comoro Islands as well ... Neither its population numbers nor density is known but it is certainly declining in number. The species is ...

It is the only lemur to occur in the dry forests of the Cap d'Ambre. Population numbers are unknown, but it can occur at densities of more than 200 individuals per sq. km. Its range is comparatively ...

There are more than 20 species of mouse lemurs ... 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 ...

Madagascar's iconic species are one step away from extinction as 98% are threatened: 13 lemur species have been pushed to higher categories of threat due to increased human pressure. The Verreaux's ...

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 Ravaloharimanitra.

Whereas the largest species at the Duke Lemur Center, the Coquerel’s sifaka, weighs as much as a house cat and stands two feet tall. Veterinarian Cathy Williams with a gray mouse lemur, the smallest ...

The lemurs that we know today are small with big eyes and live in trees. More than 100 species live in Madagascar, and they all have high levels of genetic diversity. Yet, 90 percent of them are ...