Lemurs are among the best-known representatives of Madagascar's animal kingdom. They make up more than 15% of all primate species living today—even though the island covers less than 1% of Earth's ...

Conservationists in Madagascar are working with local communities to reduce forest fires and preserve the country's iconic lemur species. Madagascar is the only country with a native lemur population, ...

Seeds in Madagascar's forests are getting smaller, and new research suggests that human activities are playing a role in this ...

Which tropical habitats are worthy of conservation? Humid forests, with their dazzling species counts, easily gain notice.

Lemurs, small, big-eyed primates that live in the trees of Madagascar off the southeast coast of Africa, are a mystery of ...

Just a few thousand years ago, Madagascar was inhabited by giant lemurs. Just a few thousand years ago, the island of Madagascar was inhabited by giant lemurs. How did such a diverse group of primates ...

as being part of a certain animated franchise whose title shares a key word, this is a live-action documentary with a serious message. Available March 31 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, this ...

Lemurs are among the best-known representatives of Madagascar's animal kingdom. They make up more than 15 percent of all primate species living today – even though the island covers less than one ...

Where do lemurs come from and what are their origins? The ancestors of the lemurs would have arrived from Africa to Madagascar by natural floating rafts 65 million years ago. Then they evolved and ...

Alison Behie receives funding from The Australian Research Council. Madagascar is an island that’s no stranger to natural disasters, in particular cyclones. This is because it’s located in the ...

What do you know about lemurs? I did not know much before I went to Madagascar earlier this year, just that they are somehow related to monkeys, and that some of them have huge round eyes. Now I have ...

The diversity of lemurs did not come about through a one-off “explosion in the number of species”, also known as radiation, but dynamically through several radiations and hybridization. Lemurs are ...