Lemur Conservation Network

10/16/2026

Heading into the weekend like this mongoose lemur!

While monogamy is not common among lemurs, mongoose lemurs often stay with the same mates from year to year. Awww!

Did you know it is almost ? Check out how to get involved! https://www.lemurconservationnetwork.org/

📷: Cheryl Antonucci

10/16/2026

We are so grateful to the Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey, USA for supporting our conservation education work in Madagascar! Partnerships like these are what make conservation possible ♥️🇲🇬

10/14/2026

Celebrating World Lemur Day at your zoo, school, or event? We’ve got you covered! Our free 41-page Lemur Activity Guide is packed with games, crafts, and learning fun for all ages, including lemur mask templates, coloring sheets, trivia, a survival board game, and more.

Available in English, Malagasy, Spanish, and Catalan. Grab your copy and get the whole group leaping like lemurs!

Our lemur activity guide helps children of all ages learn about lemurs! This 41 page guide is available in several languages and includes coloring sheets, masks, a board game, and many more activities.

10/13/2026

Brown lemurs have a secret superpower: a fast gut built for tough food. Research on plants from Madagascar found these lemurs can eat leaves and unripe fruit loaded with tannins and alkaloids, the very chemicals plants use to fend off hungry herbivores. While other lemur species steer clear, brown lemurs just shrug it off, giving them a food supply almost all to themselves.

📷: Lynne Venart

10/11/2026

Looking at you! How are you planning on celebrating the Lemur Festival?! Hit us up in the comments to let us know!

is celebrated on the last Friday of October (the 30th this year) and the World Lemur Festival is celebrated around the world all October. Learn more at our website!

https://www.lemurconservationnetwork.org/world-lemur-day/

📷️: Mathias Appel

10/10/2026

Planet Madagascar's 2nd annual celebration near Ankarafantsika National Park will bring together 300+ students, teachers, and community members together at CEG Marosakoa for a full day of lemur love: costume contests, dance, poetry, talent shows, and conservation quizzes. Huge thanks to Remote River Expeditions - Madagascar and Chez Maggie Hotel & Restaurant Morondava Madagascar for sponsoring the fun and learning! We so appreciate their support!

Learn about Planet Madagascar's 2026 World Lemur Day celebration in Ankarafantsika, and how two travel businesses in Morondava are making a difference for Madagascar's biodiversity.

10/09/2026

Don’t miss these kids learning resource from Mongabay Kids for the World Lemur Festival and all year long!

10/09/2026

This common brown lemur's big round orange eyes aren’t just stunning, they’re hard at work! Forward-facing eyes give these lemurs binocular vision, meaning sharp depth perception for navigating the trees. They also have something called the tapetum lucidum, a reflective layer behind the retina that boosts their night vision so they can move confidently after dark.

📷: Cheryl Antonucci