If there were a contest for the biggest female bullies in the animal world, lemurs would be near the top of the list. In these distant primate cousins, it's the ladies who call the shots, relying on ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. While most ...

Overall, lemurs are the most endangered mammal group in the world. In southwestern Madagascar, fewer than 2,000 ring-tailed lemurs may survive.

The animals she is describing are lemurs, primates like us. They are the unlikely product of one of nature’s reckless little experiments: all of them—more than 50 living lemur species—derive ...

The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo is celebrating the birth of three black-and-white ruffed lemur pups, which were born at the ...

A type of lemur, a silky sifaka weighs between 11 and ... who spent two weeks with Patel documenting the elusive primate. The bone-white animal (a.k.a. Propithecus candidus) is called silky ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Primates have larger brains than most other mammals of their size. This gives them advanced ...

The primate order includes 462 species listed in ... and apes (Catarrhini), 146 New World monkeys (Platyrrhini), and 144 lemurs, lorises, and galagos (Strepsirrhini). They’re not just ...

One of the biggest accomplishments of Mayor’s career was her co-discovery of a new mouse lemur species in Madagascar, currently believed to be the world’s smallest primate. Her documentation ...

Guests can see the lemurs on Naples Zoo’s Primate Expedition Cruise, which recently was named in USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards for 2025. Naples Zoo cruise among best in U.S. The ...

If there was a contest for biggest female bullies of the animal world, lemurs would be near the top of the list. In these distant primate cousins, it's the ladies who call the shots, relying on ...