The tail is used to maintain stability, especially on the small branches. (lemur trills) Sometimes they play with their tails and do like a cuckoo clock, like. (speaker ticking) (speaker laughs) ...

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, flowers ...

Ring-Tail Lemur Conservation Biology Ring-Tail Lemur Conservation Biology Given the threat to lemurs in the wild, it is essential to determine how human-induced habitat change is affecting their ...

A Texas woman experienced quite the surprise when she rescued an injured animal last month. The story started with a call about a lemur on May 30, the City of San Antonio Animal Care Services said.

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Scientists have discovered and described a new species of mouse lemur from Madagascar. The new species is one of the smallest primates in the world.

Footage of a mysterious creature roaming through a West Virginia park has left locals and animal experts stumped — with some residents guessing the enigmatic beast is anything from a lemur to a ...

Life Zoologger: The hibernating lemur that feeds on its tail Zoologger is our weekly column highlighting extraordinary animals – and occasionally other organisms – from around the world By ...

Critters Y’all! Look at These Two New Baby Lemurs at the Houston Zoo Current hobbies include clinging to their mothers’s fur and waiting to grow up.

Waving a stinky tail in a potential partner’s face may sound like a bizarre way to attract a mate, but scientists believe this is what male ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) do to capture the ...

Lemurs are among the world’s rarest animals. But they are not the only unusual creatures found on Madagascar, which biologists call one of Earth’s biological crown jewels. Many of the plants ...

Sleeping lemurs The only known primate hibernator relies on its namesake tail to survive Madagascar’s seven-month dry season.