The Smithsonian's National Zoo is home to red-ruffed, black-and-white ruffed, ring-tailed and collared brown lemurs. Learn more about these charasmatic animals with a few of my favorite lemur facts.

Greater bamboo lemurs (Prolemur simus) are one of over a hundred lemur species found only on the island of Madagascar. Listed as Critically Endangered, there are only around 150 individuals known in ...

SPRINGTIME IS OFTEN BABYTIME, with all sorts of cuddly-looking cubs, chicks, pups, and kittens emerging as the weather grows warmer and flowers begin to bloom. Such precious arrivals can raise the ...

When fat-tailed dwarf lemurs hit the hibernate button, they increase their overall longevity. So suggests a new study by Duke University researchers, who reviewed more than half-a-century's worth of ...

Citing animal conservationists employed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), at least 95% of the world’s lemur populations face the lingering threat of imminent extinction.

Much is new at Philadelphia Zoo this summer, including a unique way to see a group of endangered primates. America's first zoo has updated its Lemur Island exhibit to allow guests to venture inside of ...

RNA sequencing is uncovering emerging diseases in wildlife that other diagnostic tests cannot detect. Researchers used a technique called transcriptome sequencing to screen for blood-borne diseases in ...

(ABC News) What should have been a quick and easy TV news piece at the zoo instead became a version of "Animal House" for one reporter recently. The BBC's Alexander Dunlop was visiting England's ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco Zoo officials announced a $2,100 reward offer for information to help find Maki, an older lemur which was reported missing from its enclosure Wednesday. "We are ...