By Matt Borths, Ph.D., Curator of the DLC Museum of Natural History. Originally published in LEMURS Magazine: Reasons for Hope in February 2026. I was a dinosaur kid. I loved getting books from the library filled with weird dinosaur names and fun facts. This blizzard of ancient Greek and solid numbers led me to believe […]
Originally sent as our “Best of Spring” eNewsletter on May 4, 2026. Join our email list to be the first to receive our newsletters in the future! Updates are sent four to six times annually. IN THIS ISSUE: Zoboomafoo, new infants, space travel, support and snuggle with our new custom plushes, advancing veterinary science, Presidential Award, […]
Reasons for Hope An Earth Day message from Executive Director Greg Dye, posted on April 28, 2026. On Earth Day 2026, Duke Lemur Center Executive Director Greg Dye hosted a virtual gathering for supporters and friends, sharing a perspective grounded in realism and guided by hope. “Earth Day isn’t just about acknowledging what’s at risk. […]
By Abby Flyer, M.A., Communications and Education Specialist. Originally published in LEMURS Magazine: The “Where” Issue in February 2025. Aracus was a stud in the fall of 2003. He lived in one of the Duke Lemur Center’s free-ranging forest habitats in a troop with six other ring-tailed lemurs, three of whom were breeding females. At 12 […]
The DLC has received one of Duke’s highest faculty and staff honors: the 2025-2026 Presidential Award! The Presidential Awards program, organized by the Office of the President in partnership with Duke Human Resources, recognizes staff and faculty who best demonstrate the values that define and shape Duke as an institution. The awards recognize individuals and […]
By Matthew Burkhart, Communications and Education Assistant, Undergraduate, North Carolina State University. With Ehsan Dehghan-Niri, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks, Arizona State University. Originally published in LEMURS Magazine: Reasons for Hope in February 2026. Non-destructive testing (NDT) is a technique for evaluating the structural integrity of a component or product without impairing […]
By Abby Flyer, M.A., Communications and Education Specialist. Originally published in LEMURS Magazine: Reasons for Hope in February 2026. When caring for the world’s most endangered group of mammals, no cure is “one size fits all.” Between 55 and 25 million years ago, the ancestor of aye-ayes and the ancestor of all other lemurs were […]
By Matthew Burkhart, Communications and Education Assistant, Undergraduate, North Carolina State University. With Martin Kratt, Duke ‘89. Originally published in LEMURS Magazine: Reasons for Hope in February 2026. Few animals have inspired children and conservationists alike as profoundly as Jovian, the Coquerel’s sifaka who brought primate conservation into living rooms around the world as the […]