It’s the holiday season and the staff here at LCF are already looking for the perfect Presents for Prosimians for our lemur colony! Did you know you can send gifts to our lemurs and the staff that care for them this holiday season? LCF has a variety of Amazon Wishlists available for perusal with items... Continue Reading
Thank you to all of our friends and supporters who participated in our 3rd Annual World Lemur Festival from October 19 to 23. The Lemur Conservation Foundation’s first 100% digital festival was a great success and proved that compassionate people from around the world were eager to help raise awareness for lemurs and lemur conservation... Continue Reading
The Lemur Conservation Foundation is pleased to welcome Jillian Timko, Nour Al-Hussayni, Sebastian Aymat, and Sierra Russell as our new fall interns. All of these new additions bring great experience to LCF's animal husbandry program. We are very appreciative that they have joined us during this challenging time and we’ve implemented ongoing precautions to keep... Continue Reading
World Lemur Festival is a series of international events held throughout the world in October, in the weeks surrounding World Lemur Day, to celebrate lemurs and raise awareness for lemur conservation. The Lemur Conservation Foundation put out a call for entries encouraging artists to submit artwork depicting lemurs as a way to build awareness about... Continue Reading
In July, we shared news about our newest addition (Exciting lemur infant news), a red ruffed lemur infant born on May 25, 2020 to Ravina. He's growing in leaps and bounds, and now we're excited to announce that a name has been chosen for him. LCF names our red ruffed lemurs with a Malagasy theme... Continue Reading
The Lemur Conservation Foundation is mourning the recent passing of Sanford's brown lemur Ikoto. His loss is significant as the last of this Endangered species (International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List) in human-care and an LCF favorite for his sweet personality and celebrity. In 2015, National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore visited LCF to photograph... Continue Reading