Texas does not have laws that ban owning a primate. But the law does specify endangered species cannot be kept as pets and prohibits endangered animals from being transported across state lines. Still ...

Red-fronted lemurs have found an interesting way to ward off parasites—they chew up toxic millipedes and rub the goo all over ...

Ring-tailed lemurs also spend a lot of time on the ground, which is unusual among lemur species. They forage for fruit, which makes up the greater part of their diet, but also eat leaves ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A lemur walks into a lady’s house and jumps on her kitchen counter. And though this sounds like a joke, it actually happened to a woman in Shreveport on Thursday ...

For the aye-aye, an intriguing lemur from Madagascar, its glaring features have made it the unwitting target of fear from the local population. With a height ranging from fourteen to seventeen ...

The pygmy mouse lemur is the smallest primate in the world. Its head and body are less than two and a half inches long, though its tail is a bit more than twice that length. These threatened ...

The small Duke Lemur Center Museum of Natural History, located in what looks like the reception area of a professional’s office, is one of the largest and most diverse collections of fossil primates ...

Ring-tailed lemurs use their toothcombs for both functions. Because of this dual use, ring-tailed lemur toothcombs often show excessive wear (sometimes more than 50%), in addition to frequent damage, ...

There are 101 known species of lemur in Madagascar. The ring-tailed lemur is found in the dry forests and bush of southern and south-western Madagascar. Females reproduce at about three years of ...