We couldn’t let Taylor Swift have all the fun! In a poll sent out to Duke Lemur Center staff, we asked for nominations for a new Lemur of the Year award. Primate technicians, veterinarians, researchers, educators, and administrators were given the opportunity to nominate a lemur who, in the words of TIME Magazine, “most affected […]
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Enjoy this video created by the DLC-SAVA Conservation team with Malagasy filmmaker Riccardo Morrelas, showcasing the lemurs of the SAVA region of northeastern Madagascar! The Duke Lemur Center partners with Malagasy scientists and local forest managers to study lemurs in remote rainforests. Researchers from CURSA, the university in the northeast region, are studying the […]
Saving lemurs from extinction is truly a global effort—one that starts right here at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, NC! Follow NBC’s Dagmar Midcap, host of “Down to Earth,” in the first of this multipart series highlighting lemurs and the team of veterinarians, caretakers, scientists, and researchers fighting to save them.
