Madagascar forest cannot fully recover naturally because invasive strawberry guava creates nutrient poor soil.

Credit: Amy Dunham / Rice University.) Native to Brazil, strawberry guava (Psidium cattleyanum) was introduced to Madagascar ...

A little over a week after the Texas Zoo lemur exhibit was damaged by a large pecan tree, the displaced lemurs remain in temporary living quarters, a zoo official said. The five lemurs lost their home ...

July 2 (UPI) --Madagascar's largest tree species are under threat. So are the island nation's iconic primates, its lemurs. Healthy forests are essential to Madagascar's lemurs, and new research ...

Widespread logging and hunting have endangered virtually all of Madagascar's 100-plus species of iconic lemurs, and a new study by ecologists illustrates how saving the animals may also be key to ...

Rice University biologist Amy Dunham has spent decades studying the mountainous rainforests of Madagascar's Ranomafana ...

Putting a figure on the number of endangered lemurs left in the wild isn't easy, but researchers say one clue might help: the plants they rely on for food. Bamboo lemur populations in their native ...

Lemurs seem to hug trees to keep cool on sweltering days. Chloe Chen‑Kraus, affiliated with Yale University, and her colleagues noticed that in the Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve in south-west ...

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Lemurs normally live in trees, but researchers have discovered that at least two species hibernate underground. By tagging 12 animals with radiotransmitters, the team found that the lemurs dig ...

A conspiracy is afoot at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. And all the ring-tailed lemurs are in on it. Actually, they make up the bulk of it — a group of lemurs is called a conspiracy. Tis a bit of a complex ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- The vast majority of lemur species are on the edge of extinction, experts warn. But not every lemur species faces a grim future. There may be as many as 1.3 million white-fronted brown ...