The research center in Durham NC has the second-largest population of lemurs in the world.

HSV-1 typically only causes cold sores in humans, but it can be very dangerous to some of our primate cousins.

The Duke Lemur Center is celebrating the arrival of several new residents, including a baby lemur that visitors now have a chance to see up close. ABC11 recently stopped by to meet Sierra Mist and her ...

The last time you had a cold sore, you might have fretted about how long it would hang around. Perhaps you avoided reflective ...

Aina, the 4-year-old red-bellied lemur, gave birth to her baby six weeks ago at the Chester Zoo after a 127-day pregnancy Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

A tiny 160-gram lemur can disappear for seven months, surviving entirely on the fat stored in its tail while its body slows ...

Lemurs can sing with a sense of rhythm similar to humans, according to a study published Monday by Current Biology. Researchers studied 636 recordings of vocalizations from 39 adult indris, a type of ...

Maki died on Thursday after suffering from acute kidney failure and advanced age, according to the zoo Stephanie Wenger is a TV Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. She joined the brand in 2021 as a digital ...

Visitors to New York City's Central Park Zoo can now see a pair of twin black-and-white ruffed lemurs, an encouraging ...

It's the worst kind of itch — the one just out of reach — and apparently, it frustrates those in the animal kingdom, too. In a YouTube video posted Tuesday, one lemur really captures that feeling when ...