Woohoo! The first round of voting for the INDY’s Best of the Triangle Awards is over, and the Duke Lemur Center is a finalist in five categories! Please vote for us in the final round! We would love to win – it’s such great exposure for the DLC and our lemurs! Website for voting: https://indyweek.com/indy-weeks-best-of-the-triangle/2019-best-of-the-triangle-ballot […]
Enrichment is fun! And, as 10-month-old twins Harriot and Helene demonstrate here, it can be super cute, too! Did you know that one of the most important aspects of lemur care at the DLC is enrichment? Daily enrichment is an essential part of animal welfare to promote curiosity, exploration, and mental stimulation. Whether it’s weaving […]
By Matt Borths, Curator of the Duke Lemur Center’s Division of Fossil Primates. Happy #FossilFriday! (Or #TGIFF as we say at the Division of Fossil Primates!) Today we’re seeing double as Vicki, our fossil preparator,* finishes a cast of Babakotia, an extinct lemur that was built like a sloth! The name Babakotia comes from the Malagasy word for […]
By Matt Borths, Curator of the Duke Lemur Center’s Division of Fossil Primates. This jaw is from the extinct giant lemur Archaeolemur, which means “ancient lemur” even though it probably only went extinct a few centuries ago in Madagascar. Like all lemurs, Archaeolemur has a tooth comb, a forward-facing fusion of its incisors and canines. That […]
