September 21-23, 2016 at the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club, Durham, NC. The symposium will bring together leading scholars engaged with research at the Duke Lemur Center, spanning a vast array of disciplines, from behavior and genomics to brain sciences and paleontology. An optional Welcoming Reception for the symposium attendees will be held Wednesday […]
Stand for Lemurs on World Lemur Day, October 29 Celebrate the World Lemur Festival October 29-31 Lemurs and humans are primates. Lemurs have ten fingers and ten toes. Humans have ten fingers and ten toes, too. The island of Madagascar may only have 10% of its natural vegetation remaining. On World Lemur Day, October […]
Lemurs are the most endangered mammal on the planet. Learn what we are doing to change that. Delve deeper into the Duke Lemur Center and join us for our “Evening with the Experts” seminar series. Each session will highlight one of the many components of the DLC’s important work. All proceeds will benefit the work […]
Announcing the Winners! K-5 Category First Place – Kiera Goodwin Second Place – Brooke Grimsley Third Place – Joshua Garber Adult Category First Place – Olivia Bagley http://youtu.be/pZJqOFsVA44 Second Place – Louis Radifera https://youtu.be/-4aIYO_HU_8 Third Place – Hillary Mulder, Zinan Chen and Kathy Zhou School Classroom Mascoutah Elementary Environmental Club Your mission Make a short […]
Registration for 2015 Leaping Lemurs Summer Science camp begins, Tuesday February 3rd! Please click here to see how to register your child! If you having a younger child, or one interested in art or writing, check out After School Art and More’s camps held here at the DLC! Click here.
Hibernation Isn’t Just For Bears. Hibernation is a common metabolic strategy found in all major groups of mammals, however, it is rare among primates. Dr. Marina Blanco will discuss how and why Fat-tailed Dwarf lemurs hibernate. Dr. Blanco has just returned from Madagascar and will discuss her research and the traits of these fascinating primates. […]
S&S Roundtable with Anne Yoder, PhD Science & Society Classroom 232 Thursday, October 16 12:00 PM Anne Yoder will present: Explosive evolution of the vomeronasal receptor (Class 1) genes in the lemurs: an exploration of causes and consequences Anne Yoder studies Madagascar’s unique and urgently threatened biodiversity. Her research uses comparative molecular evolutionary and […]