ZooBorns

A Furry Little Backpack

A baby Ring-tail Lemur takes in its surroundings from the safety of mom's back last week at Trotter's World in the United Kingdom. Highly social animals, large numbers of Ring-tails will huddle together and intertwine their limbs and tails for warmth, creating a "lemur ball." Photos courtesy of Fi in Eden.

Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed

In June the Bronx Zoo welcomed a happy and healthy baby Coquerel's Sifaka Lemur and these pictures were taken in July. Sifakas get their name from their unmistakable "shih-fak" alarm call which starts as a low growl and ends with a loud and abrupt "fak" that can be described as a shrill hiccup.

Photo credits: Julie Larsen Maher / Wildlife Conservation Society

Frolicking!

Video credit: Luke Groskin / Wildlife Conservation Society

Adorable ZooBorns Video Round-Up

There's so much going on at zoo nurseries these days we can barely keep up! Enjoy this collection of outstanding videos from Smithsonian National Zoo and Bronx Zoo.

In a 24-hour-period between July 9 and 10, a clouded leopard cub, a Przewalski's horse, and a red panda cub were all born at Smithsonian's National Zoo's Conservation and Research Center

Looks like the Smithsonian National Zoo is gonna need a bigger bird house!

Watch a baby lemur grow from a sleepy eyed infant into a bouncing teen (in lemur years) at the Bronx Zoo

Lemur Twins Look Awfully Surprised

Black-and-white ruffed lemurs may look like stuffed animals come to life, but they are actually important ambassadors for their critically endangered species, native to Madagascar. These wide-eyed twins were recently born at the Detroit Zoo and serve as a reminder to the desperate conservation needs of their wild relatives. Donations can be made to help protect these adorable little guys via the Lemur Conservation Foundation.

Caught in the act... of being lemurs!

If this isn't a ready-made donation postcard for the Lemur Foundation, I don't know what is.

Babies Galore at Apenheul Primate Park

Apenheul Primate Park in the Netherlands is a unique institution where monkeys, apes and other primates are free to wander within the park forming their own natural social groups. All of the pictures below were taken last week by photographer Jean Kern. Just like their fellow primates, humans, mom and baby stick close together.

Baby Western lowland gorilla and mom

Baby Barbary macaque and mom

Baby crowned sifaka and mom

Baby golden-headed lion tamarin and mom

... and we couldn't resist these cattle egret chicks...

Endangered Lemurs Emerge!

It's quadruplets at the Happy Hollow Park & Zoo in San Jose, California! Born May 17th, the endangered Red Ruffed lemurs spent the last few weeks in their comfy nest box with mom. Now big enough to venture out, the four curious little boys have begun to explore their surroundings. 

So small!Basically the size of an apple.

A peek through a hole in the nest box reveals imminent rough-housing

 

Endangered due to habitat destruction, poaching and capture for the pet trade, these Red Ruffed lemurs are part of a Species Survival Plan that coordinates breeding between the fifty-two accredited zoos in North America with Red Ruffed lemurs. Read more about it below.  

Lemur Babies at the Central Florida Zoo

The pair (one male, one female) was born on Wednesday May 13 at the Central Florida Zoo. They are all on exhibit now, doing well and their Mom is taking good care of them.  As is typical of Red-Ruffed lemurs, the mom “parks” the babies so she can forage for food in the wild and the design of the Zoo's  exhibit allows her plenty of areas to “park” them while she forages.

Korean Zoo is Bursting with Babies

The Everland Zoo in South Korea is brimming with babies these days. A member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), the Everland Zoo has a outstanding staff photographer whose work can also be seen on Flickr.

White Lion

Brown Bear

Ring-Tailed Lemur

Everland Resort is a theme park in Yongin, a city in Gyeonggi-do province, South Korea. Everland is South Korea's largest theme park.

A Labor of Lemur Love

Unable to nurse for itself, this little Ring-tailed Lemur is being hand raised by zoo keepers at the Franklin Park Zoo. Just like a human baby, the little guy requires around the clock care, but the staff at the zoo have experience with sleepless nights and the lemur has been growing steadily since its birth on February 18th (the sex is still unknown).

 

Now That's a Fur Coat

On March 18th proud, Collared Lemur parents Vera and Jean Luc gave birth to a single tiny baby at the Bronx Zoo. Like the sifaka lemurs we have covered, baby collared lemurs cling tightly to mom for the first few weeks of life. We'd show you more but all we can see is a head, a hand, and the occasional tail sticking out of the fluff. 

Check out the Bronx Zoo's awesome Lemur Life site to learn about the distinct personalities of their resident lemurs.