On #TastyTuesday this Verreaux's Sifaka is enjoying a leafy snack! They are primarily herbivorous, with a diet consisting of mostly leaves, fruits, and seeds! 📷: Greg Taylor Photography www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

#SundaysAreForSnuggles and #Sifakas Can you spot the baby Verreux's Sifaka clinging to its mother? These cuties will stay close to their moms until they begin eating solid foods and venturing beyond the safefy of their mothers. 📷: Bob Brewer

🎧🐢Women leading the way this International Women’s Month! Tune in to Wildlife Health Talks #74 featuring Ny Aina Tiana Rakotoarisoa, a veterinarian and conservation leader working to protect the critically endangered radiated tortoise in Madagascar.

Meet this stunning female blue-eyed black lemur! Unlike the jet-black males, females sport gorgeous reddish-brown to orange fur—making this species one of the most dramatically color-different (aka sexually dichromatic) lemurs out there. #FunFactFriday 📷: Mathias Appel

Tiny primate, big claim to fame! Lemurs in the family Cheirogalidae hold both the smallest titles among lemur families. Within this group are the adorable mouse lemurs, like this one that are some of the tiniest primates on Earth. 📷: Cheryl Antonucci

Coming in for a Sunday smooch! Did you know that ring-tailed lemurs live in troops of up to 30 members! Lots of love to spread around! 📷: Diana Parkhouse on Unsplash

Hairy-eared dwarf lemurs may be tiny, but their social lives are surprisingly complex! These nocturnal primates often form long-term pairs and sleep together in small groups high in the trees. But they are not always exclusive! #FunFactFriday 📷: globalherping/iNaturalist/Creative Commons

Who is in charge? These leaping lady lemurs!

Do you know how you can tell if a silky sifka is a male or a female? Check out their chests! Adult males have a large brown marking on their chests that comes from scent-marking with their sternal gular gland. What a handsome fella! 📷: Eric Mathieu

Happy #SifakaSunday! 🌿 Milne-Edwards’ sifakas like to keep things cool. These fluffy black-and-white lemurs live high in Madagascar’s primary rainforests—usually between 1,640 and 4,920 feet (500–1,500 m) above sea level. 📷: Greg Taylor Photography www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

It's #ScholarshipSaturday! Researchers discovered that the red-bellied lemur and the red-fronted lemur often keep the adventure going at night—sometimes traveling even farther than they do during the day. Meanwhile, the black-and-white ruffed lemur prefers more daylight activity. Read more:

Meet Decken’s sifaka! One of nine sifaka species, these acrobatic lemurs spend their days searching for food. With powerful hind legs, they launch themselves from tree to tree—sometimes gliding through the air with parachute-like folds along their sides. 📷: Cheryl Antonucci

The golden bamboo lemur, can eat 12 times the lethal dose of cyanide for its size! Whoa, what an incredible adaptation!

This Coquerel's Sifaka loves #TongueOutTuesday! Sifakas have an appetite for foliage and fruit. Theirs mall intestines are really long, 9 times their body length which help them digest their tasty meals! 📷: Anjajavy le Lodge - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

Leaf it to the pros1 The eastern gray bamboo lemur snacks like a specialist — in the dry season, mature bamboo leaves are on the menu, and at times bamboo makes up 90% of their diet! 📷: Greg Taylor Photography www.facebook.com/profile.php?...

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The beautiful black and white ruffed lemurs have thick fur that is perfect for its wet and occasionally chilly home in the canopies of the tropical forests of eastern Madagascar! #FunFactFriday 📷: Mathias Appel

Need a wakeup call? Check out this short video of mouse lemurs waking up from a type of snooze called torpor, which they use as a survival technique.

Just taking a peek! Common brown lemurs can be found in the dry forest in the north-west of Madagascar will another population is found in the mountain rainforests in the east. 📷: Samuel DeRycke

☀️ Need a little sunny break? Here is 30 seconds of ring-tailed lemurs making the most of a bright day! #SunnySunday

Peekaboo! This Milne-Edwards' Sportive lemur is popping up to say hello! These lemur primary are folivorous, which means they eat leaves! 📷: Garst, Warren

Meet the golden brown mouse lemur! Found only in Ankarafantsika National Park, they’re known for being a bit more easygoing with one another, showing less antagonistic behavior and interestingly, no female dominance has been observed in this species! #FunFactFriday 📷: Frank Vassen

Big news from the Duke Lemur Center! 💛 An early arrival to the 2026 Baby Season, critically endangered Coquerel’s sifaka Junius was born October 12 to first-time mom Francesca and dad Remus — and he’s the great-grandson of Jovian, the beloved star of Zoboomafoo!

This crowned lemur may be showing off that tongue, but when it comes to staying connected, it’s all about the sound! Crowned lemurs often split into small foraging subgroups of 1–4 individuals and use loud, “piercing yaps” to keep track of one another when they’re far apart. 📷: Deb Bradley

#SnoozySunday Even when they look ready for a nap, red-bellied lemurs are devoted family members! These lemurs typically live in small groups made up of an adult breeding pair and their offspring—usually two to ten individuals. 📷: Mathias Appel

#FunFactFriday This golden bamboo lemur may be focused on its meal, but did you know these primates are expert tree travelers? They live in social groups within territories up to 80 hectares—yet usually travel less than 1,312 feet (400 meters) a day! 📷: Justin Philbois

Black and White Ruffed lemurs are the largest quadrupedal lemurs in Madagascar. Their bodies measure about 20 inches long, but that extra-long tail—stretching around 23 inches—does some serious work, helping them balance as they move through the rainforest canopy. 📷: Charles J. Sharp

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Red-fronted brown lemurs are sexually dichromatic—which means males and females wear totally different looks! All red-fronted brown lemur babies are born looking like adult males! Females don’t start developing their signature coloring until they’re about 3–4 months old. 📷: Jeffrey Gibbs

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This ring-tailed lemur is serving up a little attitude! Ring-tails have a super flexible diet, munching on fruits, leaves, flowers, bark, sap, and even the occasional invertebrate. Adaptable, curious, and not afraid to stick their tongue out about it. #TongueOutTuesday 📷: Postdlf

What is cuter than a baby lemur?! This youngster is old enough to ride "jockey style" on its mother's back. Until they are about two weeks old, babies cling to their mother's chests!#SundaysAreForSnuggles 📷: Anil Öztas

#TongueOutTuesday from the canopy! This crowned lemur is serving attitude with a side of ecology. Crowned lemurs roam all levels of the forest—favoring the treetops but happily heading to the ground to snack on fallen fruit, lick mineral-rich dirt, or travel with their group. 📷: Mathias Appel

Ever wonder what a lemur sounds like? Well perk up your ears for the varied calls of these wonderful primates!

Caught mid-air! These two photos show Coquerel’s sifakas doing what they do best—leaping. Unlike other lemurs, they move through the trees by sitting upright and springing from branch to branch using the powerful strength of their back legs. Talk about leg day. 📷: Charles J. Sharp

Meet MJ Ingmanson—field researcher and sifaka superfan! MJ takes us on the ground in Madagascar at Centre ValBio in Ranomafana National Park, sharing what it’s like to study Milne-Edwards’ sifakas, collaborate with local communities, and turn research into real conservation impact.

Those big eyes might steal the show, but this is the small-toothed sportive lemur named for what you can’t see! They lack permanent incisors and have smaller molars than other sportive lemurs. #FunFactFriday 📷: Charles J. Sharp

Indris are the only lemurs that communicate by song. Their powerful, melodic calls rise and fall, echoing for miles to keep group members connected, warn neighbors to stay back, and even share details about who’s in the group. What else might their music be saying? 📷: Frank Vassen

Pretty in pink (and black)! 🩷 🖤 This silky sifaka is rocking a one-of-a-kind look. While all silky sifaka infants are born with black skin, they lose pigmentation as they age—resulting in faces that can be pink, black, or a beautiful mix of both. No two faces are exactly alike! 📷: Simponafotsy

Is there anything as cute as a couple lemurs getting cozy?! Ring-tailed lemurs live in social groups that range from three to twenty five individuals! #SundaysAreForSnuggles 📷: Mathias Appel

What's for dinner? 12 times the lethal dose of cyanide! Bamboo lemurs have a crazy diet!

Fork-marked lemurs and African needle-clawed galagos are a classic case of convergent evolution—they’re both small, nocturnal, primates with strikingly similar looks and lifestyles. The twist? They live about 3,000 miles apart and aren’t closely related 📷: Guilherme Siniciato Terra Garbino

Tongue Out Tuesday! 🌿 When your lunch is mostly leaves, you need some serious mouth power. This indri is caught mid-munch high in the trees, tongue out and working overtime to tackle a leafy meal. 📷: @GregTaylorPho Taylor Photography www.instagram.com/gregtaylorph...

Happy New Year from the Lemur Conservation Network! 📷: Mathias Appel

#SundaysAreForSnuggles This mom and baby Verreaux’s sifaka are serving peak cuddle goals. Sifaka moms invest a lot in their babies—timing births to when conditions are just right and balancing the energy it takes to raise a youngster in Madagascar’s unpredictable environment. 📷: William Stephens

#FunFactFriday ! Born at the start of the wet season, red-bellied lemur infants spend their first weeks clinging tight to mom—then take their first wobbly steps around week five. Both mom and dad carry the baby (though dads do most of the hauling as the little ones grow). 📷: Mathias Appel

Today is one of the last chances to take part in the Conservation Allies Giving Campaign. Through December 31, every donation is matched dollar-for-dollar to support 15 Malagasy organizations protecting lemurs and their forests. Don’t wait—give now and make your impact twice as big!

Hey you! Did you know there is only a few more days left in the Conservation Allies Giving Campaign? Through December 31, donations are matched to support 15 Malagasy organizations protecting lemurs and their forests. www.lemurconservationnetwork.org/conservation... 📷: Mathias Appel

We love ALL the wildlife of Madagascar, not just the lemurs and there are over 110 species of the birds found in the country are endemic meaning they are found no where else on earth! Donate for bird conservation here: conservationallies.org/partners/asi... 📷: Francesco Veronesi

For #TongueOutTuesday want to help protect lemurs like this one? The Conservation Allies Giving Campaign is live and Association Analasoa is one of 15 Malagasy organizations that is featured in their matching campaign. Donate here: conservationallies.org/partners/ass... 📷: Mathias Appel