In the last month and a half, at least 31 Verreaux’s sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi) have died in Berenty Reserve near Madagascar’s southern tip. It’s one of the largest lemur die-offs scientists can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Coquerel's sifaka infant born in January clings to her mother at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. A species of lemur, ...

Diademed sifaka. Credit: Onja Ramilijaona What can be done when one threatened animal kills another? Scientists studying critically endangered lemurs in Madagascar confronted this difficult reality ...

Let's celebrate together the lemur festival under the theme '' Lemurs, national heritage, friends to protect World Lemur Day is celebrated each year on the last Friday of October. Lemurs are ...

The Maryland Zoo has welcomed a new addition: a female Coquerel’s sifaka, a rare type of lemur native to Madagascar. The infant, born March 2, weighed just 0.116 kilograms — about four ounces — at ...

Sifaka lemurs exist in families of such large numbers, that even an entire cluster of massive trees isn’t fruitful enough to sustain them. For this reason, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that ...

With the new year, a fresh start for the "dancing lemur" species could be on the horizon. The nickname for the Coquerel's sifaka lemur hails from the unique way they move, standing perfectly upright ...

Humans aren't the only species whose social behaviors can impact their health. New research from The University of Texas at Austin shows that Verreaux's sifaka, a species of wild lemur native to ...

While the Duke Lemur Center remains closed, employees continue to care for these primates. While the Duke Lemur Center remains closed to visitors, their employees continue to care for these cute ...

What can lemurs tell us about inflammation and aging, aka "inflammaging" in humans? That's the question Elaine Guevara, a biological anthropologist who studies the evolution of life history and aging ...

"There are other small carnivores in Madagascar, but they are not big enough to be able to prey upon an adult diademed sifaka because they are among the biggest lemurs. There are not so many predators ...