Lemur Center

February 8, 2018

Why Study Mouse Lemurs?

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Best buddies Fern and Alena at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, North Carolina. Photo by Ipek Kulahci.

January 9, 2018

Some Lemurs are Loners, Others Crave Connection

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John Cleese with Aemilia the sifaka

November 9, 2017

Comedy Legend John Cleese Visits the Duke Lemur Center

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Dr. Gregg F. Gunnell, Director, Division of Fossil Primates, Duke Lemur Center. Photo taken in 2011 by Duke University Photography.

September 25, 2017

Gregg Gunnell, Fossil Hunter, Dies at 63

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One-month-old baby Agatha during a weigh-in at the Duke Lemur Center. Photo by David Haring.

September 21, 2017

Rare Aye-Aye Born at Duke Lemur Center

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Mangamaso and Velona were born at Parc Ivoloina, a nonprofit nature center in eastern Madagascar. The Duke Lemur Center and Parc Ivoloina, managed by the Madagascar Fauna and Flora Group, have been partners since 1987. Photo by David Haring.

August 24, 2017

Duke Receives Two Critically Endangered Lemurs From Madagascar

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Clinging to her mom, this baby Coquerel’s sifaka represents the only lemur species at the Duke Lemur Center known to fall prey to cryptosporidium, a microscopic parasite that causes diarrhea that can last for a week or more.

June 20, 2017

Lemur Research Gets a Gut Check

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Here's Nacho!

June 16, 2017

Introducing Bijou and Nacho, Endangered Infants Born at the Duke Lemur Center

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Nacho, a 29-day old mongoose lemur at Duke Lemur Center, get ready to be weighed by the staff.

May 23, 2017

Baby Lemurs Equal Big Jobs

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Eulemur flavifrons infant McKinnon, born 3/22/2017, clings to her mother Wiig. In 2015, it was estimated that the blue-eyed black lemur could go extinct in the wild as little as 11 years. Photo by David Haring.

May 1, 2017

New Lemur Babies: Two Critically Endangered Blue-Eyed Black Lemurs Born at Lemur Center

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