Silky sifakas have long eked out an existence in rugged, high-altitude forests. Now the growing number of people nearby pose a threat to the furtive primate. Kevin Schafer Clustered in the mountains ...

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In a study now published in the American Journal of Primatology, Célia Kun-Rodrigues and Jordi Salmona, from Lounès Chikhi's laboratory at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) provide the first ...

Sifaka, like many non-primate mammals, have clear annual estrous cycles where the females are only receptive for mating for a brief period once a year, and all the resulting infants are weaned by the ...

Biologists provide the first abundance estimates of Coquerel’s sifaka an endangered lemur species, in its last main refuge, the Ankarafantsika National Park (ANP) in Madagascar. In a study now ...

ANTANANARIVO — Which tropical habitats are worthy of conservation? Humid forests, with their dazzling species counts, easily gain notice. Dry forests may not boast the same numbers, but their unique ...

A small group of crowned sifaka lemurs Propithecus coronatus have been located in the corridor d’Amboloando-Dabolava, Miandrivazo district-Madagascar, but are immediately threatened with local ...

The selection of one of Madagascar’s rarest lemurs shines a spotlight on the Loky-Manambato region and on the nationally-led efforts underway to protect it. The Golden-crowned Sifaka is found only in ...

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?

Sifaka lemurs exist in families of such large numbers, that even an entire cluster of massive trees isn’t fruitful enough to sustain them. For this reason, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that ...

Joel tries to photograph a diademed sifaka in the wild. For most of his Photo Ark shoots, Joel Sartore photographs animals in front of studio backgrounds at zoos and nature preserves. But without the ...

In the last month and a half, at least 31 Verreaux’s sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi) have died in Berenty Reserve near Madagascar’s southern tip. It’s one of the largest lemur die-offs scientists can ...