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 ...

Deep in the forests of Madagascar, one woman is rewriting the fate of a lemur species once thought to be lost. The greater bamboo lemur was on the brink of extinction — until Maholy Ravaloharimanitra.

Births of the greater bamboo lemur in captivity are extremely rare, and the park is the only zoological collection in the UK – and one of two worldwide – to have bred the species this year.

She was looking for the greater bamboo lemur, a species no one had seen in decades. Ranomafana had hot springs—and also a rain forest that was largely intact, a rarity on an island where the ...

Travel videographer Mike Corey recently went on a humanitarian trip to Madagascar to save the near-extinct greater bamboo lemur. While there, he met some local kids and introduced them to Snapchat.

the greater bamboo lemur. They come to understand the problems facing these creatures, why their habitats are being destroyed and who is responsible - and their reactions are not what they expect.

One lemur we were really happy to see was the bamboo lemur. GUIDE: So just up there - that’s one of our animals - the greater bamboo lemur. CHILDREN: That’s pretty special! / Very privileged.