Lemur Conservation Network

06/02/2026

Surprise, surprise! A Golden Bamboo Lemur eating bamboo! This treat can make up about 90% of their diet.

📷️: Bernard DUPONT

05/31/2026

Let’s learn about sifakas! These lemurs only live naturally in Madagascar, and they are just gorgeous!!! Their leaping style is quite unique.

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05/31/2026

What are you looking at?!

Wooly lemurs large eyes help them see at night. But even in their active period in the evenings, they don't go far. They eat a diet mostly of leaves which doesn't give them enough energy to really move it!

📷: Patrick Ross

05/30/2026

Did you know you can join the Lemur Conservation Network as an individual, conservation organization, research group, zoo, business, or Malagasy student or professional? Memberships are free for conservation organizations, research groups, and students and professionals. Learn more about membership types, benefits, and how your support helps lemur conservation in Madagascar:

You can join the Lemur Conservation Network as an individual, conservation organization, research group, zoo, business, or Malagasy student or professional.

05/29/2026

Red-tailed sportive lemurs live in a grayscale world, but that's actually a superpower! Without color vision, their eyes are fine-tuned to pick up textures and movement, making them expert night navigators, leaf-spotters, and predator-dodgers in the dense forest.

📷: Jeffrey Gibbs

05/28/2026

Mamantatra zavatra iray momban’ny varika! Ny sifaka dia mahavita mandeha lavitra mitady sakafo toy ny voankazo!

📷: Greg Taylor Photography https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086780080943

05/28/2026

A baby Greater bamboo lemur in the wild in Kianjavato 🥰

05/27/2026

Every patch of forest matters. New research using cutting-edge biodiversity surveys across Madagascar has found that arthropod communities change so rapidly across the island that every remaining forest holds irreplaceable species found nowhere else. Scientists have now identified 50 priority sites for protection, giving conservationists a concrete roadmap to safeguard life that has never even been formally described. The work to understand and protect this island's extraordinary biodiversity is only getting started.

Conservation biologist Dimby Raharinjanahary spent years walking through Madagascar’s forests, counting some of the island’s most visible species, such as lemurs and birds. Raharinjanahary was head of monitoring and research for the country’s national parks service from 2012 to 2018, when moni...

05/25/2026

Learn 5 facts about the most iconic lemur species of all — the ring-tailed lemur! Follow the Lemur Conservation Network for adorable lemur content — and learn all about lemurs and Madagascar!

05/25/2026

Mankafy ny sary ny varika! Inona no anaran’ito karazana varika ito?

📷: Mathias Appel