June 23, 2014 — Lemur researcher Erik Patel will be the first to tell you that driving in Madagascar is not for the faint of heart. Paved roads are rare. Street lights are nonexistent. Torrential rains turn dirt roads to solid mud for many months of the year. Bridges wash out, and just as quickly […]
May 18, 2014 – The Duke Lemur Center houses over 250 animals, but every individual is special. “Silver Lemurs” is a series profiling some of the Duke Lemur Center’s senior residents.The larger bodied lemurs — such as the ruffed lemurs, the sifakas and the aye-ayes — can live to be well into their 30s. Even […]
We asked volunteer and Duke undergrad Faye Goodwin what she loves about leading tours at the Duke Lemur Center. Find out why she leaves her busy campus life twice a week to be a tour guide — sometimes on Sunday mornings when most of her classmates are sleeping in — and what she learns from […]
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A team of researchers aims to find out what lemurs do all night while the rest of us are snoozing. In today’s post, Lemur Center volunteer and student researcher Joel Bray reports on what happens at the Center after the sun goes down, and what his team hopes to learn about the secrets of sleep: […]
Through training and partnership, promote the ability of Malagasy nationals to wisely manage their country’s environmental resources Fish farms provide alternative protein and income Lemurs as protein source – bushmeat for subsistence – has continued to grow in northeast Madagascar in the wake of political instability and breakdown of traditional hunting taboos (Patel Sep 2012 […]
Like most animals, lemurs compete with each other for scarce resources such as territory, food and reproductive mates. While sometimes this type of squabble is resolved by fighting, sharp teeth and claws can result in serious injuries to one or both participants. Ringtail lemurs live in large social groups of 20 – 30 individuals in […]
