December 19, 2013 — Some visitors are surprised to learn that lemurs are LOUD. The “barking” of the red-ruffed lemur is a thunderous clamor – it’s incredible that one creature is capable of producing such a deafening noise! When it comes to volume, red-ruffed lemurs nearly top the charts for non-human primates. The lemurs use their booming capabilities to […]
December 17, 2013 — Caring for lemurs is more than a full time job. The Duke Lemur Center relies on a dozen trained keepers and more than 70 volunteers for everything from feeding lemurs and cleaning enclosures, to sweeping up at the end of the day. Here, we’ll introduce you to the people who work […]
December 10, 2013 — Dr. Erik Patel, SAVA Conservation director in Madagascar, submitted this report on a new comprehensive strategy for lemur conservation: A new publicly available ‘Lemur Conservation Action Plan’ has recently been released by The Primate Specialist Group of the IUCN-SSC (International Union for the Conservation of Nature – Species Survival Commission). This […]
December 5, 2013 — Since its inception in Spring 2012, the Duke Lemur Center’s SAVA Conservation project has been supporting reforestation in a part of Madagascar where the trees are hardest hit. Satellite-based monitoring indicates that forest disturbance in Madagascar more than doubled in the period between July and September 2013, compared to the same period in 2012. […]
