Tens of millions of years ago, a tiny primate boarded an unlikely vessel and ended up stranded on one of Earth's most ...

Scientists suspect this musical trait arose independently in humans and indris, which split from a common ancestor some 74 million years ago. Today, the lemurs make loud, haunting calls to communicate ...

A scent enrichment based on a fertile female lemur's odour significantly increased sexual behaviours in zoo-housed ruffed ...

An observational analysis of 83 recordings of 19 wild indri lemurs found that mouth opening increased as song pitch rose, ...

One epic road trip connects Madagascar's richest wildlife, most spectacular landscapes and the world's last lemurs. Sitting beneath a thick canopy of trees in Mitsinjo Reserve, I crane my neck skyward ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lemurs have a "built-in" toothcomb that helps the animal groom themselves and each other. Their secondary tongue, or "sublingua," ...

Aina, the 4-year-old red-bellied lemur, gave birth to her baby six weeks ago at the Chester Zoo after a 127-day pregnancy Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

A McGregor rescue is now asking the community for help after taking in a severely malnourished ringtail lemur with several broken bones.

Meet the lemur leaf frog! These attractive amphibians—best known for their big, beautiful eyes—are critically endangered. The good news? Reptile Discovery Center keepers at the Smithsonian’s National ...

It's the worst kind of itch — the one just out of reach — and apparently, it frustrates those in the animal kingdom, too. In a YouTube video posted Tuesday, one lemur really captures that feeling when ...

At the Duke Lemur Center, an innovative plan to keep the animals social late in life: pair them with lemurs of another species. By Sabrina Imbler Over the course of her 32 years, Cheyenne the ...