We had the opportunity to view a screening of "Island of Lemurs: Madagascar," recently with the entire fourth-grade class of Hawkins Path Elementary School in Selden at the AMC Loews in Stony Brook.

The Smithsonian's National Zoo is home to red-ruffed, black-and-white ruffed, ring-tailed and collared brown lemurs. Learn more about these charasmatic animals with a few of my favorite lemur facts.

Lemurs with their large eyes, expressive faces and quirky personalities have won the hearts of wildlife lovers. But beyond their appearance lemurs carry millions of years of evolution and culture.