Posted August 13, 2025. This year, the Duke Lemur Center—like many university-affiliated institutions—is navigating unprecedented financial challenges due to sweeping changes in federal funding. These shifts have created significant gaps in our budget, threatening the momentum we’ve built in lemur care, groundbreaking research, and global conservation. General fund gifts are our top priority right now. […]
Posted July 30, 2025. Ring-tailed lemur Aristides, one of the Duke Lemur Center’s oldest residents, died on July 21, 2025 at the age of 32. Over the course of his three decades at the DLC, Aristides played a key role in non-invasive research studying lemur intelligence. He first made headlines in a 2004 article in […]
By James Herrera, Ph.D. and DLC staff. Posted July 20, 2025. This week, the 30th International Primatological Society (IPS) Congress is proudly being hosted by Madagascar, for the first time since 1998! The IPS is dedicated to the study, conservation, and welfare of primates in the wild and within human care. Its biannual Congress is […]
Meet Radama the Great! We’re excited to announce the newest member of Zoboomafoo’s illustrious family: Radama the Great, named after a Malagasy king! Radama (“rah-DAH-mah”) was born on April 5, 2025, to first-time Coquerel’s sifaka parents Cassia and Eustace. Born at only 85 grams, Radama started off smaller than most sifaka infants, but dedicated care […]
When it comes to naming opportunities in connection with a generous gift, could anything be better than naming a lemur? The Lemur Center’s new Ultimate Adoption Package was designed as a limited-time opportunity for our supporters to do something extra special: to name one of our lemur infants by making a new gift of $20,000 […]
Established in 1966, the Duke Lemur Center is a world leader in the study, care, and protection of lemurs—Earth’s most threatened group of mammals. In this new video, we’ve partnered with CYLNDR Studios to explore a fresh way to tell our story. By responsibly using AI tools, we were able to create visuals that […]
Meet Dominique Chicken’s Triplets! On June 3, 2025, fat-tailed dwarf lemur Dominique Chicken gave birth to triplets! This is Dominique Chicken’s second litter with breeding partner Goose, following the birth of twins Wigeon and Eider in 2023. All three infants are female: Bufflehead, Smew, and Toulouse Goose. All fat-tailed dwarf lemurs born at the Duke […]
Meet Java Chicken’s Triplets! On May 19, 2025, fat-tailed dwarf lemur Java Chicken gave birth to triplets! Java Chicken is a first-time mom, while dad Francolin has previously sired other offspring. She birthed three healthy infants: Sora (male), Cooper (male), and Swift (female). At their first infant wellness exam, Swift and Cooper weighed 14.9 grams […]
