Jodie Marsh has won her appeal to keep lemurs at her Essex animal sanctuary after a local council had previously refused her a wild animal licence. A judge ruled in her favour, allowing the former ...

In 2023, the farm added most of its exotic animals to the lineup, boosting business in a state that bans only big cats, non-native bears and great apes.

Owl monkeys, the only truly nocturnal monkeys, have large eyes for night vision and rely on sounds and scent marking to ...

A relaxed lemur was enjoying a nap in the sun at a wildlife park near Shanghai, China. Then, the animal was woken up by a ...

Members of the animal kingdom come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. All of these animals have blue eyes.

The animals are one of the few primates that build nests for their young, and lemur pups are born with their eyes open. The babies start moving around within hours, though they rely on their ...

Take blue-eyed black lemurs, for example. Females get first dibs on food and prime resting spots; smacking, biting and chasing the males to get their way. Their behavior isn't the fierce ...

Despite being more closely related to monkeys, tarsiers have earned the nickname “lemur with giant eyes” because of their physical resemblance to lemurs and their similarly large, expressive eyes.

A hamster-sized primate from Madagascar, the fat-tailed dwarf lemur is our closest genetic relative known to hibernate. They also tend to live longer than you’d expect given their size. New research ...

Some creatures have a way to reverse this process, at least temporarily. Consider the fat-tailed dwarf lemur of Madagascar. This hamster-sized primate can turn back the cellular aging clock and ...

Yet, there’s more to this ritual than meets the eye. Lemurs are suspiciously enthusiastic about this process. The toxins, while serving as a repellent, also send the lemurs into a trance-like state of ...

“Adopting lemurs promotes illegal trafficking and further ... “It almost brought tears to my eyes. He even has a little roommate now.” ...