Ring-tailed lemurs are unmistakable because of their long, vividly striped, black-and-white tail. They are familiar residents of many zoos. Lemurs use their hands and feet to move nimbly through ...

Given the threat to lemurs in the wild, it is essential to determine how human-induced habitat change is affecting their health. In 2003 a survey on the health and disease ecology of wild ring-tailed ...

“They sit on the ground, next to a prickly pear cactus, and they don’t move ... A western fat-tailed dwarf lemur shows off its tail at the Duke Lemur Center. Photograph by Joel Sartore ...