Clinging to his mother's fur, with bright eyes and downy ears, a baby greater bamboo lemur -- a critically endangered species -- makes his first outing at Besancon Zoo, where he was born in early May.

Greater bamboo lemurs (Prolemur simus) are one of over a hundred lemur species found only on the island of Madagascar. Listed as Critically Endangered, there are only around 150 individuals known in ...