November 26, 2013 — The Duke Lemur Center houses over 250 animals, but every individual is special. Here, we’ll take some time to help you get to know the stories behind some of our favorite residents. Get the scoop without the poop. In the following interview, technician Erin Shaw tells us how a very fortunate […]
November 15, 2013 — Fall brings to mind a palette of yellows, browns and oranges. In the DLC garden, however, fall is the season of cool-weather greens. Kale, romaine, spinach, collards, chard and a mesclun mix are all part of the November harvest, providing a nutritious supplement to the lemurs’ regular diet. Greens are not always the […]
November 14, 2013 — A new conservation partnership aims to promote family planning in Madagascar, report Charlie Welch and Dr. Erik Patel of the Duke Lemur Center: This October, a women’s reproductive health specialist visited the village of Belaoka Lokoho (adjacent to Marojejy NP, 15km from Andapa) to offer local women the option of contraception. […]
November 5, 2013 —The fancy neck charm this lemur is wearing is no fashion accessory. Weighing in at just under an ounce, it’s a battery-powered data logger that measures light exposure and activity levels continuously over many days. Researchers outfitted twenty lemurs at the Duke Lemur Center with the special gadgets to study the animals’ […]
