In the Science Corner blog series, Ph.D. student Coral Chell reviews recent scientific papers and examines their importance for lemur conservation. In this post, she reviewed “Tropical Field Stations Yield High Conservation Return on Investment”, published in Conservation Letters.
In the Science Corner blog series, Ph.D. student Coral Chell reviews recent scientific papers and examines their importance for lemur conservation. In this post, she reviewed “Perceptions of Lemur Conservation among Malagasy and Non-Malagasy”, published in the 37th issue of Primate Conservation.
For the last year, our #FunFactFriday posts on social media have been some of our most popular! In this blog post, we share some of the highlights. Learn about lemur behavior, sexual dimorphism, unique features, and food.
We hear from Patrick Ross about an exciting new camera trapping project in the Anjanaharibe Sud Special Reserve in the northeastern SAVA region of Madagascar. ASSR is home to critically endangered silky sifakas, as well as other lemurs, and birds carnivores.
In 2020, the BBC aired a series program called Primates, highlighting some of the well known and lesser known species of primates on the planet. One of the species they highlighted was the Lac Alaotra Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur alaotrensis), also known as the gentle lemur or the “Bandro” by locals. Deb Bradley, my good friend and host of the Let’s Go Wild podcast, immediately called me after watching the episode and told me we should add a few days to […]
Earlier this year, we asked for your support to help us bring conservation education supplies to Madagascar. Thanks to your donations, this project was a success! Our volunteers Lynne and Coral delivered lemur education kits to four areas of Madagascar, and held lemur education days with two communities! Celebrating Lemurs and World Lemur Day with Children in Mariarano, Northwest Madagascar This summer, Lemur Conservation Network volunteer and PhD researcher Coral Chell travelled to a community managed forest site, called the […]
Dr. Jonah Ratsimbazafy was awarded the 2023 Seacology Prize, an international environmental prize, for his more than three decades of dedication to lemur and habit conservation in Madagascar!
