Credit: Amy Dunham / Rice University.) Native to Brazil, strawberry guava (Psidium cattleyanum) was introduced to Madagascar ...

Madagascar forest cannot fully recover naturally because invasive strawberry guava creates nutrient poor soil.

Rice University biologist Amy Dunham has spent decades studying the mountainous rainforests of Madagascar's Ranomafana ...

July 2 (UPI) --Madagascar's largest tree species are under threat. So are the island nation's iconic primates, its lemurs. Healthy forests are essential to Madagascar's lemurs, and new research ...

Lemurs seem to hug trees to keep cool on sweltering days. Chloe Chen‑Kraus, affiliated with Yale University, and her colleagues noticed that in the Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve in south-west ...

A conspiracy is afoot at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. And all the ring-tailed lemurs are in on it. Actually, they make up the bulk of it — a group of lemurs is called a conspiracy. Tis a bit of a complex ...

1. One of the most well-known and recognizable species of lemurs (Tree of Life web project http://tolweb.org/treehouses/?treehouse_id=4730) 2. According to National ...

Widespread logging and hunting have endangered virtually all of Madagascar's 100-plus species of iconic lemurs, and a new study by ecologists illustrates how saving the animals may also be key to ...

Tree-dwelling species of monkeys and lemurs are spending increasing amounts of time on the forest floor as they seek refuge from rising temperatures. Scientists say the shift from arboreal lifestyles ...