Maki died on Thursday after suffering from acute kidney failure and advanced age, according to the zoo Stephanie Wenger is a TV Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She joined the brand in 2021 as a digital ...

A red ruffed lemur escaped from an Amsterdam zoo and crossed several roads and tram tracks before take shelter in a tree.

Aina, the 4-year-old red-bellied lemur, gave birth to her baby six weeks ago at the Chester Zoo after a 127-day pregnancy Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

At the Duke Lemur Center, an innovative plan to keep the animals social late in life: pair them with lemurs of another species. By Sabrina Imbler Over the course of her 32 years, Cheyenne the ...

It's the worst kind of itch — the one just out of reach — and apparently, it frustrates those in the animal kingdom, too. In a YouTube video posted Tuesday, one lemur really captures that feeling when ...

Ninety-five percent of the world's lemur population is "on the brink of extinction," making them the most endangered primates on Earth, a leading conservation group said Wednesday. The arboreal ...

Spring is in the air and that means one thing for ring-tailed lemurs: It’s time to get busy. For these bright-eyed primates, mating is concentrated during a few weeks each April — and now, researchers ...

If there was a contest for biggest female bullies of the animal world, lemurs would be near the top of the list. It's the ladies who get their way and keep males in line. In one branch of the lemur ...