Baby lemur alert! Check out this adorable black lemur cuddled up to its mom. Confused by the name? Only male black lemurs are actually black! #SundaysAreForSnuggles 📷: Deb Bradley
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We believe lemurs can be saved from extinction if we all work together. Visit our website at lemurconservationnetwork.org to learn about lemurs, celebrate the World Lemur Festival in October, and find out how you can help.
The World Lemur Festival starts in just a few days! Get ready by starting to create some lemur themed art. Post in October for a chance to win prizes. Don't forget to tag your art with #2026WorldLemurFestival to be entered to win!
World Lemur Festival Art Challenge: Create and Post Art about Lemurs all October! – Lemur Conservation Network
Join the 2026 World Lemur Festival Art Challenge all October. This year's challenge is focused on indris and brown lemurs. Include a detailed caption to help people learn about lemurs!
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Guess the species⁉️ Do you know your Ranomafana National Park lemur species? We’ll give you a few hints: it feeds on bamboo and the colour of its coat features in its common name 💛 Comment on the species name below ⬇️ 📸 credit: Lan Yao
Walking into the weekend like... Did you know Mongoose lemurs show a clear color difference between males and females on their "beards." Males have reddish-orange fur there, while females have white. #FunFactFriday 📷: Cheryl Antonucci
This year has been brutal, and like most people you probably want to do more about climate change. But what, and how? Great news – I’ve written just the book for you! It’s called What One Person Can Do and it’s a clear and simple how-to guide, a roadmap to help you make influential changes...
Indris really said "I'm a soprano, actually." New research found that indri lemurs open their mouths wider to hit higher notes in their songs, the same technique trained opera singers use to project sound. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Singing indri lemurs use opera technique, study finds
University of Warwick scientists have spent years studying indri lemurs.
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This pretty little lady is a female crowned lemur! 👑 Crowned lemurs are sexually dichromatic with females being mostly grey with an orange tiara! 📷️: Charles J. Sharp
These Silky Sifakas want you to know that#SundaysAreForSnuggles! 📷: Jeffrey Gibbs
Want to learn about sportive lemurs in less than 20 seconds? Check out this video! vimeo.com/1127948440?f...
What does this red-fronted lemur want to say? Perhaps one of these documented calls: an "ohn," a nasal sound that helps keep the group together; a "cree," a high-pitched call used to mark territory; or a "crou," an alarm call that warns other lemurs of danger. #FunFactFriday 📷: Lynne Venart
Time to get out your art supplies because it's only a few weeks until the World Lemur Festival Art Challenge begins! Get a head start by checking out this year's theme focusing on Indris and Brown Lemurs. #2026WorldLemurFestival www.lemurconservationnetwork.org/world-lemur-...
World Lemur Festival Art Challenge: Create and Post Art about Lemurs all October! – Lemur Conservation Network
Join the 2026 World Lemur Festival Art Challenge all October. This year's challenge is focused on indris and brown lemurs. Include a detailed caption to help people learn about lemurs!
lemurconservationnetwork.org
How adorable is this crowned sifaka, taking a nibble?! As you can see here, they like to snack on buds but they also love leaves and unripe fruits. #TongueOutTuesday 📷: Cheryl Antonucci
Calling all artists! Join our lemur art challenge all October to celebrate the #WorldLemurFestival. We believe art can inspire people to love lemurs and take action to save them from extinction. www.lemurconservationnetwork.org/world-lemur-...
World Lemur Festival Art Challenge: Create and Post Art about Lemurs all October! – Lemur Conservation Network
Join the 2025 World Lemur Festival Art Challenge from October 4 to 31. This year's challenge is focused on nocturnal lemurs, and ends on World Lemur Day, October 31. To celebrate Halloween, create a l...
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What, the weekend is over?! The brown lemur's menu leans heavily on fruit, making up nearly 70% of their diet, with leaves, flowers, and occasional nectar and bark rounding it out. They feed on over 100 plant species total, though just 15 make up the bulk of what they eat. 📷: Lynne Venart
These rufous brown lemurs are walking across an tsingy rock formation in Tsingy De Namoraoka National Park. Tsingy is a Malagasy word that means "where one cannot walk barefoot." These incredibly unique natural features are made of sharp, needle-like limestone. #FunFactFriday 📷: Cheryl Antonucci
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#SundaysAreForSnuggles! Red-bellied lemur snuggles to be exact! You can tell these are both males because of their distinctive white tear drops. 📷: Mathias Appel
It's less than a month before World Lemur Month begins! Help us prepare for the exciting celebration by considering a donation to LCN. Every little bit helps us in our mission to save lemurs from extinction! www.lemurconservationnetwork.org/about/donate/
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This little guy is pretty resourceful! The gray mouse lemur stands out as one of the most adaptable, abundant, and widely distributed lemur species. #FunFactFriday 📷: Cheryl Antonucci
Lemur courtship can be dramatic! www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5TH...
Lady Mouse Lemur Punches Mate in the Face - Madagascar, Land of Heat and Dust - BBC
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This ring-tailed lemur is in the glow of motherhood! Their babies move to riding "jockey position" by the time they turn 3 weeks old and will stay close by their mothers until they are fully weaned at about 6 months of age. #TongueOutTuesday 📷: Deb Bradley
Out all night like this sportive lemur?! There are over 25 types of sportive lemur and they are all nocturnal! So shhhh! Let this lemur get back to sleep! 📷: Cheryl Antonucci
It's almost time to celebrate the World Lemur Festival! Every October, we celebrate #lemurs with a huge splash on the last Friday of October — October 30. The logo by Alain Rasolo features the indri and common brown lemur. How to celebrate: www.lemurconservationnetwork.org/world-lemur-...
Research from Ankarafantsika has some good news: while forest fires reduce tree diversity and canopy cover, Mouse lemurs are showing real resilience. They held strong even in burnt forest. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Influence of Vegetation Structure on Lemur Recolonization of Post‐Fire Habitats in Northwestern Madagascar
Lemur species respond differently to fire-related vegetation changes (structure, species diversity) according to body size and ecological specialization in the dry deciduous forests of northwestern…
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#TongueOutTuesday This Verreux's Sifaka is chowing down! They are herbivorous lemurs eating seeds, leaves, and fruits, although occasionally they may have an insect snack! 📷: Cheryl Antonucci
Deep in thought or caught in an awkward moment? Ring-tailed lemurs are a social bunch and live in troops of 6-24 animals! 📷️: Mathias Appel
Investing in teachers means investing in whole communities, and in the futures that grow from every classroom. www.lemurconservationnetwork.org/seed-strengt...
Teaching Against the Odds: SEED Madagascar Strengthens Educators in Rural Madagascar – Lemur Conservation Network
Supporting teachers is at the heart of Project Masoandro from SEED Madagascar, an LCN member. In this guest blog post from SEED, learn how they are investing in the future of entire communities by…
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Just hanging out! Crowned sifakas live in small groups of 2 to 8 and can get seriously fierce when defending their territory. #FunFactFriday Learn more about them: www.lemurconservationnetwork.org/learn/lemur-... 📷: Cheryl Antonucci
Hello! Did you know that ring-tailed lemurs are the most terrestrial of all lemurs? They spend up to 50% of their day on land! 📷️: 白丁 东 on Unsplash
