Meet Junius, the First Infant of the DLC’s 2026 Baby Season Posted January 6, 2026. An early arrival to our 2026 Baby Season, critically endangered Coquerel’s sifaka Junius was born on October 12th and is the first son of nine-year-old Francesca and fourteen-year-old Remus. This male infant is a member of an illustrious family—he is […]
Posted on December 29, 2025. Special gifts are creating a legacy for our conservation programs in Madagascar The Duke Lemur Center is delighted to share exciting news: Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, the Charles Welch and Andrea Katz Fund has crossed a major milestone—total gifts and pledges now exceed $300,000! This achievement brings […]
December Madagascar Programs Update Read the Duke Lemur Center’s Madagascar Programs Update, sent to our Madagascar Programs Fund donors and this newsletter’s subscribers on December 17, 2025. Questions? Contact Mary Paisley, DLC Development Director, at mary.paisley@duke.edu.
Published on December 17, 2025. A new study published in Sustainability shows that simple, hands-on training in gardening and chicken husbandry is transforming livelihoods in rural Madagascar—especially for women. The research, led by Duke University’s Duke Lemur Center, evaluated more than 500 farmers who participated in agricultural workshops and found widespread adoption of new techniques, […]
From the DLC… to under your tree! Lemur-y gift ideas for everyone on your list—and all gifts “give back” to the lemurs at the DLC! Gifts for good: All purchases fund lemur care, housing, veterinary supplies, public outreach and education, and conservation initiatives—so you can feel good about the products you buy! Onsite shopping: The Lemur […]
The Anna Borruel Codina Center for Lemur Medicine and Research is equipped with two hibernation rooms, called hibernacula, that allow husbandry and research staff to mimic the natural conditions that modulate hibernation in the wild. Doing this, we’re able to replicate, to a degree, the dwarf lemurs’ experiences in Madagascar and gain insight into how this […]
Posted December 4, 2025. Meet Phoenix Chicken’s Twins! We’re so excited to announce the final two infants of our 2025 season, named through our Ultimate Adoption program: Budgie and Flamingo! Donors Cathy (Duke Class of ’82) and Dave Higgins were moved to make a generous donation to the Duke Lemur Center when they learned about […]
Published on December 9, 2025. We’ve entered the final month of 2025, which means it’s that time of year… time to name our annual Lemur of the Year! Following in the footsteps of previous winners—blue-eyed black lemur Kidman in 2023 and Coquerel’s sifaka Albus in 2024—comes eight-month-old mongoose lemur Leonor. The Duke Lemur Center’s Lemur […]