Aina, the 4-year-old red-bellied lemur, gave birth to her baby six weeks ago at the Chester Zoo after a 127-day pregnancy It's furry first at the Chester Zoo. The English zoo announced in a press ...

Red-bellied lemurs are one of the world's rarest primates, with their numbers declining by more than 30% in recent years, according to the English zoo It's a massive win for red-bellied lemurs ...

If you’re a red-bellied lemur, the key to maintaining a healthy set of bacteria in your gut is clear: you’ve got to get cuddly. According to a new study in the Journal of Animal Ecology ...

Scientists have found a direct link between physical contact and gut bacteria in red-bellied lemurs. Likely passed through 'huddling' behaviour and touch, the findings suggest implications for ...

The Red-bellied Lemur is found, apparently sparsely distributed, throughout the eastern rain forests of Madagascar. Population numbers are unknown but this species may be the rarest of those in the ...

Social behaviour and gut microbiota in red-bellied lemurs (Eulemur rubriventer): In search of the role of immunity in the evolution of sociality. Journal of Animal Ecology , 2017; DOI: 10.1111 ...

Tracking individual lemurs—such as the endangered red-bellied lemur pictured here—is no easy task. But researchers hope that facial recognition software can help in the fight for the survival ...

The first twin red-bellied lemurs, one of the world’s rarest primates, have been born at Chester Zoo. The “absolutely tiny” pair, weighing just 70 grams each, were spotted by zookeepers ...

A rare red-bellied lemur, the first of its kind, has been born at a zoo. Chester Zoo welcomed the new baby, who was born about six weeks ago, but it was so small and hidden in their mum's thick ...