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Ring-tailed lemurs are critically endangered, with fewer than 2,000 remaining in the wild due to habitat loss and illegal hunting. Naples Zoo supports lemur conservation efforts in Madagascar and ...
The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo is celebrating the birth of three black-and-white ruffed lemur pups, which were born at the beginning of the month. The lemurs are one of the most endangered ...
ALL THE BABIES LOVE IT. TODAY, THE ZOO HAS A NEW MEMBER OF ITS SHE FOX LEMUR FAMILY. THE LEMUR WAS BORN TO FIRST TIME FATHER TERRENCE AND MOTHER ARCADIA. CUTE. THE TWO WERE PICKED TO BE TOGETHER ...
An endangered baby lemur was born at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, marking the first birth of the species — a Coquerel’s sifaka — at the facility since 2016, zoo officials announced Thursday.
How changes in lemur brains made some mean girls nice Date: April 21, 2025 Source: Duke University Summary: If there was a contest for biggest female bullies of the animal world, lemurs would be ...
You can’t bluff a lemur. Humans can put on their “game face” to appear tough, but ring-tailed lemurs use scent to size up their opponents. That means these smallcat-size primates from ...
The Naples Zoo will host a gender reveal for the lemur twins the following week. The Naples Zoo on Friday announced the birth of two endangered ring-tailed lemurs. The twins were born March 25.
Some creatures have a way to reverse this process, at least temporarily. Consider the fat-tailed dwarf lemur of Madagascar. This hamster-sized primate can turn back the cellular aging clock and ...
A hamster-sized primate from Madagascar, the fat-tailed dwarf lemur is our closest genetic relative known to hibernate. They also tend to live longer than you’d expect given their size. New research ...
Consider the fat-tailed dwarf lemur of Madagascar. This hamster-sized primate can turn back the cellular aging clock and momentarily defy time during its annual hibernation season, according to ...
Madagascar is also the only place in the entire world where lemurs, a group of primates, are naturally found. It’s home to over 100 species of lemurs. Due to ongoing threats of disaster impacts ...
Lemurs - those small, big-eyed primates that live in the trees of Madagascar, off the southeast coast of Africa - are an evolutionary mystery. When the first lemurs appeared tens of millions of years ...