Gatsby, Presley, Mangamaso, Egeria, Domestic Chicken, Marshmallow, Sputnik, Poe—if you visit the Duke Lemur Center, you will likely hear a plethora of names that range from obscure to something you might see on a kindergarten attendance list. While some of these names seem absurd out of context, they’re rooted in decades of tradition and species-specific […]
Who would have thought that a small collection of mixed primates brought to Duke Forest in 1966 would grow into a global force in lemur care, research, and conservation? In LEMURS Magazine: The “Where” Issue, we highlight the work we do around the globe, from North Carolina to Madagascar and everywhere in between!
By Mary Paisley, Development Director. Published March 21, 2025. In our quest to acquire special fruit-bearing trees, our friendships grew, organically When Charlie Welch wrote this article about the importance of the Lemur Center’s organic food forest and our dedicated garden volunteers, he also sparked a new challenge by sharing his wish to add four […]
The Newest Addition to Our 2025 Baby Season On December 19, 2024, ten-year-old Coquerel’s sifaka Lupicina gave birth to a healthy male infant. Majorian was born at 102 grams, a very standard weight for a sifaka infant. Majorian is the third offspring of Lupicina and breeding partner Gabe. Majorian shares his name with a Western […]
By Charlie Welch, DLC Conservation Coordinator. Published on February 21, 2025. An onsite, organic “food forest” For over a decade, thanks to a team of garden volunteers, we at Duke Lemur Center (in Durham, North Carolina USA) have been growing vegetables and other edible plants of all sorts for our lemurs. We can’t come close […]
An Early Start to the 2025 Baby Season 13-year-old Coquerel’s sifaka Gisela has always been a go-getter. Gisela is the daughter of Jovian, the famous sifaka who played Zoboomafoo in the eponymous TV show. She has lived with her breeding partner, 15-year-old Rupert, for just over a decade, and she’s one of the most dominant […]
Walking with Lemurs tours are back, and they’re better than ever! If you’d like to reserve your Walking with Lemurs tour today, just CLICK HERE to see full details and register. One of the hallmarks of the DLC is our Natural Habitat Enclosures (NHEs), where for decades, lemurs have foraged, played, and snoozed in large […]
Belladonna’s Toxic Twins We’ve had a twin-tastic summer at the Duke Lemur Center! On July 14, 2024, first time gray mouse lemur mom Belladonna gave birth to twin girls: Rhubarb and Taro. You may remember Belladonna as one member of the “Toxic Trio,” a set of mouse lemur triplets born last summer to mom Fauna […]
