Lemur News

You're probably aware of the term "organic," possibly from seeing produce in the grocery store that is labeled as such.

Or you may have a very good understanding of what organic foods are, and you may even always make it a point to buy organic when possible.

However, you may think of the word "organic" solely in terms of organic farms. While organic farms do supply most of the organic products in stores, you may not be aware that it is entirely feasible for a small gardener to plan and implement an...

Hi friend, I hope you're having a great week and hopefully you get the day off work to celebrate Independence Day.

After an extended delay, we're back this week with your Weekly Wildlife Wednesday for July 4th.

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Happy Independence Day! As you're celebrating tonight, don't forget that your pets and other animals and wildlife are scared out of their minds wondering why the world seems to be exploding! Give them extra cuddles tonight. This comic from The Oatmeal sums...

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Here's your Weekly Wildlife Wednesday for May 30th. 

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Amazing wildlife photo of the week. This beautiful violet-backed starling bird almost doesn't even look real! Found widely in the woodlands and Savannah forest edges of mainland sub-Saharan Africa, it's rare to find these beauties on the ground as they spend most of their time in the trees.

Suicidal mating marsupials declared endangered. While 'Suicidal Mating Marsupials' sounds...

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Here's your Weekly Wildlife Wednesday for May 16th. 

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All sifakas are now critically endangered. Sorry to start the newsletter off with bad news, but at last week's IUCN Primate Specialist Group meeting in Madagascar, specialists concluded that all nine remaining species of sikafa have been moved from endangeredto critically endangered. The reason? Aside from the usual deforestation and hunting, a large number of sifakas were mysteriously found dead from what...

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Here's your Weekly Wildlife Wednesday for May 9th. 

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It's not looking so good for lemurs :( As I write this message, the IUCN and other groups are finishing their third day of the IUCN Red List Meeting in Madagascar. After their assessment of all lemur species, they determined all sifaka species are now under the Critically Endangered criteria, and all phaner (fork-crowned lemur) species are...