The post The World’s Smallest Primate, Madame Berthe’s Mouse Lemur, May Be Extinct According To Worried Conservationists ...

Lemurs first arrived on the island of Madagascar 53.2 million years ago, probably hitching a ride on a vegetation raft from ...

Mouse lemurs are tiny — they weigh as much as a golf ball if the ball had giant eyes and a fluffy tail. But because they are genetically similar to humans, mouse lemurs may provide researchers at the ...

A North Carolina research center is in for double the fun — three times over. Three sets of twin gray mouse lemurs made their debut at the Duke Lemur Center this summer, officials announced in a ...

If you’ve ever watched the movie “Madagascar” then you know that the character Mort is a ridiculously cute, large-eyed, little creature. Mort was modeled after a real life animal on the island that’s ...

If you've ever watched a nature documentary featuring lemurs — or the animated feature "Madagascar," with characters King Julien, Maurice and Mort — you have probably fallen in love with the ...

They are small, have a high reproductive output and live in the forests of Madagascar. During the 5-month rainy season, offspring are born and a fat pad is created to survive the cool dry season when ...

These nocturnal creatures welcomed three sets of twins at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, officials said. Screengrab from the Duke Lemur Center's Facebook page A North Carolina research center is in ...