Williams admits the first few years were tough. For a decade she was the only veterinarian on staff, taking care of 450-plus animals and up to 20 or more species. A lemur who wasn’t eating or an ...

which is unusual among lemur species. They forage for fruit, which makes up the greater part of their diet, but also eat leaves, flowers, tree bark, and sap. Ring-tailed lemurs have powerful scent ...

Ring-tailed lemurs look different! They retain a number of primitive mammalian traits. For example: Reflective tapetum lucidum, which is a layer of cells in the wall of the eye that reflects ...