A type of lemur, a silky sifaka weighs between 11 and 14 pounds and measures up to three-and-a-half-feet long. Silkies “fly like angels,” local people say, leaping as far as ten yards from ...

The lemur is from a species called Coquerel sifaka native to Madagascar which are known as dancing lemurs as they often are spotted standing on two legs and moving from side to side. The newborn ...

Since joining the Duke Lemur Center in 1996, Williams has been responsible for the health and well-being of thousands of these endangered primates, from Jovian, the much-loved Coquerel’s sifaka who ...

At present, there are only about 250 adult Silky Sifaka left in Madagascar. Did you know that the North of Madagascar shelters a splendid species of lemur with white and silky fur, the Silky Sifaka?

The critically endangered Verreaux’s Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) is one of the 109 species of lemurs that currently are extant on Madagascar. A total of 17 species of lemurs have already gone ...

Joel’s main goal is to photograph a lemur, the rare and acrobatic Decken’s sifaka. He journeys three days – one-way – just to get to the world’s only captive individuals. It’s that ...

Chester Zoo is celebrating the birth of a baby Coquerel's sifaka. Also known as a 'dancing lemur', the species is one of the rarest primates in the world. Keepers say that both mother and baby are ...

The critically endangered Coquerel’s sifaka has been pictured for the first time nestled in the arms of its mum, Beatrice. Chester is the only UK zoo to care for the species, whose wild ...