An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries.

A small group of crowned sifaka lemurs Propithecus coronatus have been located in the corridor d’Amboloando-Dabolava, Miandrivazo district-Madagascar, but are immediately threatened with local ...

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A male Coquerel's sifaka, an endangered lemur native only to the island of Madagascar, has been born at the Maryland Zoo. Little Maximilian was born to Anastasia and Gratian on March ...

At present, there are only about 250 adult Silky Sifaka left in Madagascar. Did you know that the North of Madagascar shelters a splendid species of lemur with white and silky fur, the Silky Sifaka?

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has welcomed its third newborn Coquerel's sifaka, which is an endangered lemur, in the past two years.The newest addition to the sifaka brood is a boy named Max who was ...

Madagascar's wildlife is almost wholly unique to the island. You've probably heard of lemurs, but how about tenrecs? Vangas? Mesites? Have you ever seen a giraffe-necked weevil? An octopus tree? The ...

A Coquerel's sifaka, a critically endangered type of lemur known for jumping vertically like a pogo stick, was born recently at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. The female infant is the third of its ...

BALTIMORE, MD (WBFF) — The Maryland Zoo announced the arrival of two Coquerel’s sifaka, marking the first time since 2021 the endangered lemur species can call Baltimore home. The Zoo’s new female was ...

BALTIMORE, Md. (7News) — The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore welcomed back two Coquerel’s sifakas (shi-FOCKS), an endangered lemur species Tuesday. The zoo has not had this species since 2021 following the ...

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has announced Anastasia, the 17-year-old Coquerel’s sifaka, died on Thursday.Zoo officials suspect the lemur suffered from Addison's disease - a rare disease that has ...

Animal lovers will be dancing for joy over the birth of this rare lemur baby at Chester Zoo. Adorable photos of the bright-eyed baby Coquerel's sifaka lemur show it clinging tightly to mum's fur as ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The San Francisco Zoo opened a new exhibit on Friday, but first it took certain precautions. Two sifaka lemurs checked out their new habitat at the zoo's Primate Center. From ...