On Friday, November 13, 2026, we sent this message from Dr. James Herrera to our Madagascar Conservation Programs donors. We’re pleased to share it with all of our friends and followers through our news page. Enjoy and by all means, share with friends! DLC Conservation Update, November 2026 The DLC-SAVA team at World Lemur Day […]
Posted by Mary Paisley, Duke Lemur Center Development Director, on November 9, 2026 The Duke Lemur Center is proud to announce that the Charles Welch and Andrea Katz Conservation Fund has surpassed $300,000 in gifts, achieving the minimum funding level required for a permanently restricted endowment at Duke University. Established in honor of retired DLC […]
Between July 6-17, 2026, the entire DLC Museum of Natural History team was in the Green River Basin of Wyoming, searching for the fossils of lemur-like primates that lived in North American forests a few million years after the dinosaurs went extinct. Collaborating with Minnesota-based paleontologist Anne Kort, we explored sites in the high-altitude South […]
As an undergraduate, primatologist and Duke alumna Elizabeth Lonsdorf (T’96) discovered her fascination with primates at the Duke Lemur Center. Now, she returns to campus as a professor and Academic Director of the DLC. By Margo Lakin, Trinity College of Arts and Sciences. Originally published on November 4, 2026. View the original. Some career paths […]
Read this World Lemur Day message to our friends and supporters from Executive Director Greg Dye sent on World Lemur Day, October 30, 2026. If you missed the live broadcast from Madagascar, you can view the recorded version now! Happy World Lemur Day 2026! Red-ruffed lemur Spock wishes you a Happy World Lemur Day! We’re […]
Through a partnership between WWF Madagascar, the Duke Lemur Center, community conservation associations (VOIs/COBAs), and community forest guardians, monitoring surveys were conducted across the expansive COMATSA South landscape to assess the status of the Critically Endangered silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus). Survey teams identified up to 10 potential silky sifaka groups across multiple localities within the […]
By Greg Dye, Duke Lemur Center Executive Director. Published October 28, 2026. For more than 60 years, the Duke Lemur Center has been a global leader in lemur care, conservation, education, and scientific discovery. Today, it is home to the most diverse population of lemurs outside of Madagascar, serving as an irreplaceable resource for researchers, […]
Nocturnal baby season has begun at the Duke Lemur Center! On July 21, 2026, four-year-old gray mouse lemur Azalea gave birth to twin girls. This is Azalea’s second time as a mother, after giving birth to twins Peanut and Macadamia in 2024. The twins’ dad is five-year-old Green Bean. Because gray mouse lemurs are normally […]