December 14, 2012 — On December 18, 2012, 8PM EST, Dr. Erik Patel, DLC SAVA Conservation Director, will take viewers on an incredible trek through the dense, humid rainforests of Madagascar in search of one of the most critically endangered lemurs, the silky sifaka, as the last installment of Animal Planet’s series Frontier Earth. In Madagascar, […]
by Dr. Gregg Gunnell, Director of the Division of Fossil Primates at the Duke Lemur Center November 28, 2012 — The Division of Fossil Primates (DFP) at the Duke Lemur Center (DLC) is changing but you might not notice it because we are also staying the same. Our major focus remains on the fossil record […]
by Freda Cameron – writer, traveler, blogger, volunteer and supporter of the DLC. Follow her @fredacameron. October 26, 2012 — Excitement! That’s what I felt when Anne Yoder, Director of the Duke Lemur Center told us there were forty-five years of lemur data to be consolidated. With our technical backgrounds and combined years working for […]
Evolution of lemur hibernation – by Dr. Marina Blanco, Post-Doctoral Associate Hibernation Research Project, Duke Lemur Center October 23, 2012 — I recently joined the Duke Lemur Center to participate in the multidisciplinary Hibernation research project. After a few years studying the reproductive biology of eastern mouse and dwarf lemurs of Madagascar, I became […]
