But hilariously, the presence of a lemur in his family’s home wasn’t a joke. “She did a videocall with me and she had a monkey in the house!” said Brandon with a laugh. “And technically ...

Texas does not have laws that ban owning a primate. But the law does specify endangered species cannot be kept as pets and prohibits endangered animals from being transported across state lines. Still ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Nashville Zoo is welcoming the newest member to its family. Helios, a red ruffed lemur, was born on March 27 to his 8-year-old mom Phoebe. The Nashville Zoo said ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The reason it's thought that we find lemurs here in Madagascar, in Madagascar alone, is because there are no simians, there are no chimpanzees, none of my ancestral family dating back tens of ...

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 ...