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.

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 ...

In fact, 90% of the animals and plants on the island are endemic! The bamboo lemur is one of the most special creatures that ...

Births of the greater bamboo lemur in captivity are extremely rare, and the park is the only zoological collection in the UK ...

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.

CHILD NARRATOR: 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!

They split into two teams: one team ventures into the hills in search of the elusive, beautiful black-and-white ruffed lemur while the other treks deep into the dense lowland bamboo thicket on the ...