Lemur Center

Duke students and researchers in Madagascar with local partners

January 26, 2023

The Making of the First Malagasy Course at Duke

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A collage featuring an ornament, book, sweater, calendar and gift card.

December 5, 2022

8 Holiday Gifts for Every Duke Fan

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Someone in gloves holding a small lemur

November 21, 2022

Watch Lemurs Fatten up for Winter's Slumber

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Ph.D. candidate Caroline Shearer (right) and one of her undergraduate students observe a ring-tailed lemur at the Duke Lemur Center.

November 10, 2022

Duke's iconic primates help Caroline Shearer teach students how to ask, and answer, research questions

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black and white ruffed lemur

September 6, 2022

Predicting What Lemur Extinctions Mean for the Forests They Call Home

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Steven Heritage, a researcher at the Duke Lemur Center’s Museum of Natural History, holds the 33-million-year-old fossil mandible of an extinct sea cow which is related to modern manatees. (Catherine Riddle)

August 25, 2022

New Research Tracks the History of Manatees Across Earth’s Oceans

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Ferdinand the leaf-eating lemur

August 23, 2022

Lemur Gut Isn’t One Ecosystem, It’s Many

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Lemurs sit on the leaves while visiting researcher Meredith Semel collects data behind them in 2020. Photo by Jared Lazarus, University Communications.

August 17, 2022

Unique Duke Experiences: The Duke Lemur Center

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From top left: Azalea and Tiger Lily; Hoku; Hapi; and Cordelia.

August 2, 2022

Baby Week at the Duke Lemur Center

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bushbaby twins Mopani and Damara

June 17, 2022

Welcome New Bushbaby Twins Mopani and Damara to the Lemur Center

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lemur twins Hubble and Kitt

May 26, 2022

This Time It's Twins for the Red Ruffed Lemurs!

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binx, the newest aye-aye

April 5, 2022

Meet Binx, the First Aye-Aye Born at Duke Since 2011

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Silas, born at the Duke Lemur Center

March 7, 2022

Meet Silas, Zoboomafoo's Newest Grandlemur

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Camilla, the first baby lemur of the 21-22 breeding season

February 9, 2022

Welcome Camilla, the First Baby Lemur of the Season

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lemurs head to germany

December 7, 2021

Two by Two, the Lemurs Take Germany

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A book, blanket, shirt, ornament and bear.

December 6, 2021

9 Gifts that Bring Duke Spirit to Your Holidays

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