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Duke Lemur Center

2 days ago

An insect that’s saving lemurs? You bet!! One of Madagascar’s most important insects is the sakondry, or lantern bug.

The Duke Lemur Center’s SAVA conservation project works to help protect lemurs in Madagascar, but conservation isn’t possible without working with the Malagasy people to help reduce malnutrition and poverty.

Lemurs are hunted as a protein source when other food is not available, a practice that can be reduced by supporting efforts of farming, selling, and eating sakondry!

As an added bonus, sakondry live on bean plants without damaging the beans themselves, so when people plant them, they have two food sources in one.

We’ll be taking all about sakondry, lemurs, and insects tomorrow at #Bugfest hosted by North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Visit their website to register for our talk at 3PM EST: naturalsciences.org/bugfest ... See MoreSee Less

Duke Lemur Center

3 weeks ago

Join us in celebrating #internationalprimateday with our favorite primates: lemurs!

Did you know one in five primate species is a lemur?

With over 100 different species, lemurs are an incredibly diverse group, with sizes ranging from feisty mouse lemurs to graceful indri.

All of this diversity can be found only on the island of Madagascar, making it even more important to conserve this incredible biodiversity hotspot. ... See MoreSee Less

Duke Lemur Center

3 weeks ago

Winnifred update! 🥰 “She’s coming out of the nest more and climbing on the tree branches and in the free-range enclosure,” Browning said. “She’s still very small, and she’s still very wobbly, but she’s trying to navigate the branches. Her mom will still come by and pick her up in her mouth and take her to back the nest box.” Thanks so much for the feature, Working@Duke! ... See MoreSee Less