The International Union for Conservation of Nature has updated its Red List of Threatened Species Maria Pasquini is the staff editor for human interest’s digital vertical at PEOPLE. She has been ...

There are more than 20 species of mouse lemurs ... of Madagascar off the east coast of Africa. The pygmy mouse lemur is the smallest primate in the world. Its head and body are less than two ...

Deep in the forests of Madagascar, one woman is rewriting the fate of a lemur species once thought to be ... especially on the small branches. (lemur trills) Sometimes they play with their tails ...

A pair of the world’s smallest lemurs have arrived at Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World in Telford. Common Mouse Lemurs, Millie and ...

The introduction of the Mouse Lemurs is a part of Hoo Zoo's commitment to species conservation and education. A pair of the world’s smallest lemurs have arrived at Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World in ...

13 lemur species have been pushed to higher categories of threat due to increased human pressure. The Verreaux's Sifaka and the world's smallest primate, the Berthe's Microcebe, have moved from the ...