Even though many species boast remarkably high genetic diversity, nearly 90% of Madagascar’s lemur species are on the brink ...

Almost every species of lemur, wide-eyed primates unique to Madagascar, is under threat of extinction. That is the conclusion of an international group of conservationists, who carried out an ...

Many of these lemurs have incredibly high levels of genetic diversity, yet paradoxically, almost all—90%—of the more than 100 species that live on the island are threatened with extinction.

A third of all the lemur species on Earth are "one step from extinction". This is according to the latest update of the Red List, the comprehensive, continually updated report on the status of ...

of how the sieve of natural selection produces animals that are perfectly adapted to live in their environment. Professor Brian Cox visits Madagascar to track down the rare aye-aye lemur ...

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 ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- It’s quite possible that no one in the world has diagnosed, treated, and otherwise cared for more lemurs than veterinarian Dr. Cathy Williams. Since joining the Duke Lemur Center in ...

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 ...

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 ...