The Smithsonian's National Zoo is home to red-ruffed, black-and-white ruffed, ring-tailed and collared brown lemurs. Learn more about these charasmatic animals with a few of my favorite lemur facts.

With their expressive faces, amber-colored eyes and ability to jump 20 feet horizontally, the lemurs are curious, playful and talkative with each other. They’re unafraid to steal lettuce leaves from ...

Here’s a nice way to make your day brighter: pictures of baby lemurs. Baby lemurs that you can see in Texas. By coincidence, there are two different baby lemurs in the Houston Zoo right now, each with ...

What has big eyes, a bushy tail, and is the only primate to go into hibernation six months out of the year? It’s the fat-tailed dwarf lemur, an endangered species endemic to the island of Madagascar.