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ICYMI: Earth Day 2020 Virtual Extravaganza

On April 22, the DLC hosted a virtual Earth Day extravaganza, with online talks and videos every hour from 9:00 AM ‘til 5:00 PM! In case you missed it, here are links to all of the great content from that day. Whether you’re a DLC tour veteran or a first-time follower, we’re so happy you’re […]

New Article Published: Environmental education in Madagascar’s SAVA region

By Drs. Marina Blanco and Lydia Greene A paper on environmental education in the SAVA (northeastern) region of Madagascar, authored by DLC conservation and research staff, has been published in PLoS ONE! The paper highlights the importance of working with primary school students directly, and of designing ways to track and monitor knowledge/perceptions across students […]

COVID-19 Update from the Director: April 2020

Dear Friends, I hope this letter finds you and your families safe and healthy. I am writing to let you know that all of the Duke Lemur Center’s (DLC) animals and staff remain healthy as we enter our seventh week of modified operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are so fortunate to have such […]

Mother’s Day Video Package

100 LEMURS Collaboration with Artist Rachel Hudson

100 days of lemurs We’re thrilled to announce that 4/7/2020 marks the first day of 100 LEMURS, an international collaboration between the Duke Lemur Center, a world leader in the study, care, and conservation of lemurs, and Rachel Hudson, an award-winning wildlife illustrator based in the UK! Rachel will illustrate and post one lemur species […]

FREE Downloadable Zoom Backgrounds

Virtual meetings are MUCH more fun with lemurs! Below is a curated collection of “lemur-ified” Zoom backgrounds to jazz up your next online meeting. (We’ve included a couple of chameleons from Madagascar, too, for added color.) To download, simply click on each image. A high-resolution version will open in a new tab in your browser. […]

Part I: DLC-SAVA Conservation workshop in Madagascar’s Marojejy NP

DLC-SAVA Conservation forging new collaborations with CURSA, the university of SAVA region: A three-part series By James Herrera, Program Coordinator, DLC-SAVA Conservation During my first few months working with the DLC-SAVA Conservation program, I had the great pleasure of meeting and collaborating with the only university in the region, the Centre Universitaire Régional de la […]