By Orion Kornfeld with Karie Whitman and Matt Borths, Ph.D. Published in the 2022 Duke Lemur Center annual magazine. Read the original here. The Duke Lemur Center Museum of Natural History (DLCMNH) is the only fossil preparation lab at Duke University. “The fossils at the DLC teach us when, where, and how the ancestors of […]
Ren Collins, a summer intern with the DLC Museum of Natural History, traveled with the Duke fossil team to Wyoming in 2023. There, Ren captured drone footage of the badlands to tell the story of fossils from the field to the museum.
Walking with Lemurs tours are back, and they’re better than ever! If you’d like to reserve your Walking with Lemurs tour today, just CLICK HERE to see full details and register. One of the hallmarks of the DLC is our Natural Habitat Enclosures (NHEs), where for decades, lemurs have foraged, played, and snoozed in large […]
Belladonna’s Toxic Twins We’ve had a twin-tastic summer at the Duke Lemur Center! On July 14, 2024, first time gray mouse lemur mom Belladonna gave birth to twin girls: Rhubarb and Taro. You may remember Belladonna as one member of the “Toxic Trio,” a set of mouse lemur triplets born last summer to mom Fauna […]
