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 […]
This #GivingTuesday, we’re raising funds to support a critical but heartbreaking aspect of the DLC’s partnership with Madagascar’s Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD): emergency care for Coquerel’s sifakas rescued from illegal wildlife trafficking. The DLC is assisting MEDD with three groups of rescued animals: 4 sifakas found in cages inside a suitcase (3 […]
Eat Me: A Coevolution Story by Education Programs Manager Megan McGrath Let’s play two truths and a lie… 1 – Black and white ruffed lemurs are the world’s largest pollinators. 2 – Mouse lemurs are avid gardeners. 3 – Lemurs spread invasive species. Okay, we cheated… All three of those statements are true, and the […]
By Greg Dye, M.Sc., Executive Director of the Duke Lemur Center. Originally published in LEMURS Magazine: The “Where” Issue in February 2025. Although based at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, the Duke Lemur Center hasn’t stayed put! With partnerships across the globe, the DLC’s reach and reputation as a world leader in lemur conservation and […]