Greater bamboo lemurs, recently thought to be extinct, are critically endangered. Greater bamboo lemurs, recently thought to be extinct, are critically endangered. One Malagasy woman is on a ...

In fact, 90% of the animals and plants on the island are endemic! The bamboo lemur is one of the most special creatures that ...

Evolving an unusual appetite, golden bamboo lemurs devour young bamboo shoots, shunned by most animals because they contain cyanide. Lemurs' typical daily dose of the poison is enough to kill a ...

Births of the greater bamboo lemur in captivity are extremely rare, and the park is the only zoological collection in the UK – and one of two worldwide – to have bred the species this year.

CHILD NARRATOR: One lemur we were really happy to see was the bamboo lemur. GUIDE: So just up there - that’s one of our animals - the greater bamboo lemur. CHILDREN: That’s pretty special!

A bamboo lemur is seen at the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park in Madagascar, March 29, 2025. Madagascar, an Indian Ocean island country, boasts unique biodiversity due to its geographical ...

Travel videographer Mike Corey recently went on a humanitarian trip to Madagascar to save the near-extinct greater bamboo lemur. While there, he met some local kids and introduced them to Snapchat.

They split into two teams: one team ventures into the hills in search of the elusive, beautiful black-and-white ruffed lemur while the other treks deep into the dense lowland bamboo thicket on the ...