The Anna Borruel Codina Center for Lemur Medicine and Research is equipped with two hibernation rooms, called hibernacula, that allow husbandry and research staff to mimic the natural conditions that modulate hibernation in the wild. Doing this, we’re able to replicate, to a degree, the dwarf lemurs’ experiences in Madagascar and gain insight into how this […]
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After astronauts wake up from hibernation, will they still be able to drive the spacecraft? Duke researchers are studying lemurs to find out. By Susan Miller. Originally published in DukeTODAY on October 1, 2025. Read the original here. From fairy tales – such as Sleeping Beauty and Rip Van Winkle – to science fiction films, […]
Posted September 2, 2025. Tristan is a Ph.D. candidate in Biology at Duke University. Research Focus: Mechanisms of niche partitioning in sympatric nocturnal lemurs In the forests of Madagascar, several species of small, nocturnal lemurs live side by side. They’re similar in size and habits, yet somehow they managed to evolve into separate species and […]
Written by Antonin Andriamahaihavana, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Antananarivo. Originally published in LEMURS Magazine: The “Where” Issue in February 2025. His partnership with the DLC I obtained my master’s degree in Animal Conservation Biology at the Mention Zoologie et Biodiversité Animale (MZBA), University of Antananarivo, in 2020. My research focused on the ecology […]
Posted August 13, 2025. This year, the Duke Lemur Center—like many university-affiliated institutions—is navigating unprecedented financial challenges due to sweeping changes in federal funding. These shifts have created significant gaps in our budget, threatening the momentum we’ve built in lemur care, groundbreaking research, and global conservation. General fund gifts are our top priority right now. […]
Posted July 30, 2025. Ring-tailed lemur Aristides, one of the Duke Lemur Center’s oldest residents, died on July 21, 2025 at the age of 32. Over the course of his three decades at the DLC, Aristides played a key role in non-invasive research studying lemur intelligence. He first made headlines in a 2004 article in […]
By James Herrera, Ph.D. and DLC staff. Posted July 20, 2025. This week, the 30th International Primatological Society (IPS) Congress is proudly being hosted by Madagascar, for the first time since 1998! The IPS is dedicated to the study, conservation, and welfare of primates in the wild and within human care. Its biannual Congress is […]