If you liked this story, share it with other people. Solitary lemurs in Madagascar rely on the alarm calls of birds and more social lemurs to evade predators, reports a study published in PLoS ONE.

University of Bristol PhD student Isabella Mandl is raising money to conduct the first ever long-term study of the Sahamalaza sportive lemur—one of the rarest primates in the world. With only 3,000 ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American One of the ways that primates avoid predators ...

Without the blue eyes of its charismatic cousin, who will fight to save the sportive lemur? Melanie Seiler While not the brightest of primates, one species of lemur has shown it can still learn a ...

Very little is known about the Sahamalaza sportive lemur (Lepilemur sahamalazensis), other than the fact it roosts during the day in rather open situations, such as tree holes, and therefore risks ...

During a one-year field study in Southern Madagascar scientists discovered that nocturnal white-footed sportive lemurs share a common territory with a pair partner of the opposite sex. This result ...

While not the brightest of primates, one species of lemur has shown that it can still learn a trick or two, staying safe from predators by heeding the alarm calls of other creatures in the forest. Of ...

LiveScience — Of all the world's animals living on the verge of extinction, Madagascar's lemurs are teetering closest to the brink. A new assessment of these primates reveals they are probably the ...

It might be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, but the white-footed sportive lemur waits until night is approaching before it creeps down from the forest hideout where it has been sleeping all day. Slowly, ...