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 ...

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.

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 ...

“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.

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 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 ...

One of the world's rarest types of lemur has been successfully bred in Oxfordshire. The as-yet-unsexed and unnamed animal was born to parents Raphael and Bijou at Cotswold Wildlife Park. Births of ...

Greater bamboo lemurs, recently thought to be extinct, are critically endangered. One Malagasy woman is on a mission to restore lemur populations while also helping local communities, ...

The island's rich biodiversity is increasingly threatened by slash-and-burn agriculture and climate change. A leading example is the greater bamboo lemur, whose numbers have dwindled due to a ...