Posted March 9, 2026. In Madagascar and other low-income countries, charcoal and firewood are still the dominant cooking fuels. But traditional charcoal has major drawbacks: Producing traditional charcoal involves cutting trees, a significant cause of deforestation. For millions of women cooking daily meals for their families, exposure to smoke from dirty fuel causes respiratory disease. […]
By Andrea Tejada, 2022 Communications Intern, and DLC Staff Originally published in January 2023 in “The Women’s Issue” of the DLC annual magazine. The fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) have evolved in many ways over time, and although many of the most prominent early leaders in these fields were men, today more […]
Written by Ana Breit, Ph.D., Research Scientist at the Duke Lemur Center. Originally published in LEMURS Magazine: The “Reasons for Hope” Issue in February 2026. When people think of hibernation, they tend to picture animals in dens deep beneath a layer of snow, waiting out the winter. But this is just one example of what […]
By Emilien Razafindrabozy, Rostella Christine, Melsa Stephania Razafindrasoa, and Nestorine Manantenasoa of Centre Universitaire Regional de la SAVA (CURSA) Translated by James Herrera, Ph.D., Program Coordinator the DLC-SAVA Conservation Program Originally published in January 2023 in “The Women’s Issue” of the DLC annual magazine. Women’s Farmer Association: Empowering Women in Sustainable Agriculture, SAVA-style Globally, women […]
Cyclone Damage in Madagascar Update on Wednesday, February 18, 2026 from Greg Dye, DLC Executive Director Tropical Cyclone Gezani brought devastating winds and flooding to Madagascar when it made landfall in Toamasina (Tamatave), Madagascar on February 10. Striking with sustained winds of 115 mph, and arriving just 10 days after Cyclone Fytia hit the country’s […]
By Mary Paisley. Posted on February 3, 2026. Each February, the Duke Lemur Center celebrates one of our favorite traditions of the year: an annual Valentine to our supporters —a message with a sprinkle of joy, gratitude, and lemur charm for the individuals and businesses who make everything we do possible. We love that our […]
Take a video tour of our dedicated lemur hospital, the Anna Borruel Codina Center for Lemur Medicine and Research! Made possible thanks to an $8M gift by an anonymous Duke alumnus whose family has a passion for lemurs and wildlife protection, the Borruel Center features cutting-edge surgery and intensive care suites, dedicated quarantine and recovery spaces, […]
Posted on January 26, 2026. On November 20, 2025, the Duke Lemur Center’s veterinary team made the difficult decision to humanely euthanize Coquerel’s sifaka Rupert after weeks of declining health. Rupert, who lived his entire life at the Duke Lemur Center, was just shy of his 16th birthday—an exemplary age for a species whose lifespan […]
