The Greater Bamboo lemur is on the brink of extinction. While their population has risen from just 100 to 1,000, bamboo farming and habitat loss continue. Skip to main content Skip to footer site map.

Greater bamboo lemurs are found only on the island of Madagascar. With less than 200 individuals left in the wild, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature International Union for the ...

Madagascar’s greater bamboo lemur has been removed from the list of the world’s 25 most endangered primates after conservationists discovered previously unknown populations of the rare ...

"The greater bamboo lemur is a unique species and the only member of an entire primate genus, making it probably the most endangered primate genus in the world, so this discovery is a real ...

A greater bamboo lemur in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar, in 2000. Scientists say their numbers have dwindled due to slash-and-burn agriculture and climate change, which have reduced the ...

Only seven other zoological collections in the world keep Greater Bamboo Lemurs. With a population of 11, the Park is home to the biggest breeding group in the world.

Lemurs are endemic to Madagascar. The greater bamboo lemur once lived all over the island, fossil records show, but years of slash-and-burn agriculture and deforestation have decimated the population.

“The greater bamboo lemur eats a food source that is fairly resilient,” Patricia Wright, a primatologist at Stony Brook University and coauthor of the new study, told PBS NewsHour.

There, her adviser recommended she go to Madagascar and try to find the greater bamboo lemur, a species thought to be extinct. About 90 percent of the natural habitat of the island had been destroyed.

Photogenic, sure-­footed lemurs exist only one place in the world — Madagascar.Who knew? This is one of the things we learn in the breezily enchanting IMAX 3-D documentary “Island o… ...

The greater bamboo lemur was on the brink of extinction — until Maholy Ravaloharimanitra. Through years of relentless dedication, community conservation, and an unshakable belief in their ...