The Lemur’s Secret Weapon: Why These Primates Have a Built-In Toothbrush

Lemurs are known for their social grooming, but their best grooming tool is their tongue. Below their main tongue lies the ...

Mojito the Ruffed Lemur Enjoys Hump Day With 'Puzzle' Snack

A black-and-white ruffed lemur named Mojito was seen crunching on a snack at San Francisco Zoo in footage posted on ...
USA Today

She rescued an animal thinking it was a lemur. It turned out to be something else.

Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated when the rescue was made. A Texas woman experienced quite the surprise when she rescued an injured animal last month. The story started ...
People

Chester Zoo Welcomes its First Red-Bellied Lemur Baby: It's a 'Real Cause for Celebration'

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 It's furry first at the Chester Zoo. The English zoo announced in a press ...
Sacramento Bee

Lemur aunt raises baby after mom rejects the little one. See the new zoo family

The matriarch of a Colorado zoo’s lemur troop is caring for three newborn babies after she saved the day by adopting her sister’s baby, officials said. Screenshot of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo's Facebook ...

ZooWorld confirms seventh lemur death since fire

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) – ZooWorld provided an update on the animals that had been hospitalized after the fire, including the death of another ruffed lemur. ZooWorld confirmed in a Facebook post on ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Maki the lemur who was kidnapped from SF Zoo in 2020 has died, officials say

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- "Maki," the ring-tailed lemur who captured the hearts of the public after he was kidnapped and recovered in October 2020, has died, the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens officials ...
The Brooklyn Paper

The missing lemur in Clinton Hill has been found… to be a joke

Clinton Hill residents have been on the lookout for a loose lemur roaming the streets after flyers popped up in the neighborhood over the weekend. The posters claimed that a 4-year-old lemur by the ...
The New York Times

A Teenager Stole a Lemur From a Zoo, and Almost Got Away With It

Aquinas Kasbar, 19, faces up to a year in prison for stealing Isaac, who Santa Ana Zoo officials say is the oldest ring-tailed lemur in captivity in North America. By Neil Vigdor It was a case worthy ...
CNN

An endangered lemur that went missing from a California zoo turned up at a church playground

After a dramatic day in the San Francisco urban jungle, a ring-tailed lemur has been returned to the zoo from where he went missing earlier this week. And the zoo has a sprightly 5-year-old boy to ...