The 2025 Nature’s Best Photography Awards captured animals in their most comical moments. But beneath the humor lies ...

Ikala the ring-tailed lemur injured her tail and had to have it amputated after the fourth vertebrae. Photo / Supplied A ring-tailed lemur at Wellington Zoo has a slightly different spring in her step ...

A male ring-tailed lemur found in a Turlock backyard is now on display at the Sacramento Zoo. Zookeepers think the primate was kept as a pet illegally. They say he doesn't appear to know how to ...

A conspiracy is afoot at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. And all the ring-tailed lemurs are in on it. Actually, they make up the bulk of it — a group of lemurs is called a conspiracy. Tis a bit of a complex ...

Two studies published this winter claim that Madagascar’s iconic ring-tailed lemur has suffered a 95 percent decline in its population and that only some 2,400 animals remain alive. A new paper ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The San Diego Zoo on Thursday announced the ...

The name ‘lemur’ comes from the Latin word for ‘ghosts’. How are ring-tailed lemurs distinctive? Ring-tailed lemurs have a black and white striped tail which is longer than their whole body! They use ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Someone broke into the San Francisco Zoo overnight and stole a highly-endangered, ring-tailed lemur, police said Wednesday. A zoo spokeswoman Nancy Chan said when staff did their ...

The habits of the only known hibernating primate, the adorable fat-tailed dwarf lemur, may teach researchers ways to put humans into a low metabolic stupor to survive surgeries and spaceflight, and ...

Animal tails come in all shapes and sizes and serve many purposes, from balance and communication to defense and mating ...

A ring-tailed lemur named Maki was stolen from the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens overnight, police said Wednesday. “We understand that lemurs are adorable animals, but Maki is a highly endangered animal ...

The San Diego Zoo on Thursday announced the birth of two endangered ring-tailed lemur twins. Mom Rosalita gave birth to the squealing and squeaking little pair — a male and a female — July 8, the zoo ...