By Abby Flyer, M.A., Communications and Education Specialist. Originally published in LEMURS Magazine: Reasons for Hope in February 2026. When caring for the world’s most endangered group of mammals, no cure is “one size fits all.” Between 55 and 25 million years ago, the ancestor of aye-ayes and the ancestor of all other lemurs were […]
Cyclone Damage in Madagascar Update on Wednesday, February 18, 2026 from Greg Dye, DLC Executive Director Tropical Cyclone Gezani brought devastating winds and flooding to Madagascar when it made landfall in Toamasina (Tamatave), Madagascar on February 10. Striking with sustained winds of 115 mph, and arriving just 10 days after Cyclone Fytia hit the country’s […]
Take a video tour of our dedicated lemur hospital, the Anna Borruel Codina Center for Lemur Medicine and Research! Made possible thanks to an $8M gift by an anonymous Duke alumnus whose family has a passion for lemurs and wildlife protection, the Borruel Center features cutting-edge surgery and intensive care suites, dedicated quarantine and recovery spaces, […]
Posted on January 26, 2026. On November 20, 2025, the Duke Lemur Center’s veterinary team made the difficult decision to humanely euthanize Coquerel’s sifaka Rupert after weeks of declining health. Rupert, who lived his entire life at the Duke Lemur Center, was just shy of his 16th birthday—an exemplary age for a species whose lifespan […]
By Sheri Taylor. Posted January 22, 2026. As we step into 2026, I want to take a moment to celebrate the incredible milestones of the past year. While 2025 had its valleys, it was filled with plenty of peaks worth remembering! Expanding Opportunities: With the launch of our new Maintenance Volunteer Department, we now offer opportunities to […]
Meet Junius, the First Infant of the DLC’s 2026 Baby Season Posted January 6, 2026. An early arrival to our 2026 Baby Season, critically endangered Coquerel’s sifaka Junius was born on October 12th and is the first son of nine-year-old Francesca and fourteen-year-old Remus. This male infant is a member of an illustrious family—he is […]
Posted December 4, 2025. Meet Phoenix Chicken’s Twins! We’re so excited to announce the final two infants of our 2025 season, named through our Ultimate Adoption program: Budgie and Flamingo! Donors Cathy (Duke Class of ’82) and Dave Higgins were moved to make a generous donation to the Duke Lemur Center when they learned about […]
Published on December 9, 2025. We’ve entered the final month of 2025, which means it’s that time of year… time to name our annual Lemur of the Year! Following in the footsteps of previous winners—blue-eyed black lemur Kidman in 2023 and Coquerel’s sifaka Albus in 2024—comes eight-month-old mongoose lemur Leonor. The Duke Lemur Center’s Lemur […]
