At present, there are only about 250 adult Silky Sifaka left in Madagascar. Did you know that the North of Madagascar shelters a splendid species of lemur with white and silky fur, the Silky Sifaka?

MAROJEJY NATIONAL PARK, Madagascar — Since daybreak he has been scanning the treetops for the creatures that move as if by pogo stick and look as if they wear white fur coats and face masks. It is ...

What’s white and fuzzy and about to go extinct? The silky sifaka lemur. But not if Yale researchers have anything to say about it. Rachel Kramer FES ’12 will be conducting research this summer to help ...

A survey of a remote forest area in Madagascar turned up seven new groups of silky sifaka, a critically endangered lemur threatened by habitat destruction. The finding raises hope that the ...

MAROJEJY NATIONAL PARK, Madagascar — It used to be that even the most dedicated animal researchers were not supposed to worry much about preserving the species they studied. “People told me when I ...

A new film, Trouble in Lemur Land, showcases the Critically Endangered silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus). With only 300-2,000 silky sifaka’s surviving in the wild, this large and distinct lemur is ...

When researcher Erik Patel hiked into the mountainous rain forest of northeast Madagascar in 2001, he was a doctoral student embarking on a quest for basic scientific knowledge about one of the rarest ...

Madagascar's wildlife is almost wholly unique to the island. You've probably heard of lemurs, but how about tenrecs? Vangas? Mesites? Have you ever seen a giraffe-necked weevil? An octopus tree? The ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Most people's encounters with lemurs have occurred through their representations in popular children's media, like Zoboomafoo or Madagascar . However, most people don't know ...

A silky sifaka from Marojejy National Park, Madagascar, which is a warm & humid rainforest. This species can be fully white in some parts of the species range (as depicted), but can also look like a ...

Madagascar’s silky sifaka is a prime candidate to claim the unenviable distinction of becoming the first primate to go extinct in two centuries. The sifaka (pictured) is one of 25 primate species ...