Duke Lemur Center

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by Charlie Welch, Duke Lemur Center's Conservation Manager For the first time, the Duke Lemur Center (DLC) has been part of a Madagascar study abroad opportunity for university undergraduate st...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2010/06/first-duke-lemur-center-and-study.html

by David Haring, Registrar It was an historic day at the Lemur Center: The release of the first group of lemurs from the new Releasable Building (now officially designated as Ata Ala) into the ...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2010/06/free-in-forest-duke-lemur-centers-free.html

by David Haring, Registrar It is fitting that the second group released into the forest from Aty Ala (The new releasable building at Duke Lemur Center) contains an exalted Lemur Center veteran,...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2010/06/summer-in-forest-at-duke-lemur-center.html

Monday, June 7, 2010 Re-printed from Duke News DURHAM, N.C. -- When the authorities arrived, the fugitives were lounging in the school library, stuffing themselves on a tropical fruit salad t...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2010/06/daring-escape-leads-lemurs-to-school.html

Many people may think of research as being the “downside” to life as a captive animal. But that all depends on the kind of research you do! I can see, yes, if you happen to be a rat in a cage...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2010/06/duke-lemur-center-research-lemurs.html

What’s so special about Anne Margret and Elvis Presley besides staring in a great classic movie? Well, Margret and Presley are also the names of the two adorable twins born to Jody Foster at ...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2010/05/duke-lemur-center-says-viva-las-vegas.html

The Visitors' Center at Duke Lemur Center has been under renovation. Soon the doors will reopen to a fresh new look. Duke Lemur Center will also be offering new tours - by appointment - as alway...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-tours-at-duke-lemur-center.html

On April 23 the 5th grade classes from our neighbor, Duke School for Children, planted fruiting trees and bushes at the Lemur Center. The plantings were made near the new “Releasable Building...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2010/05/fruitful-enterprise-at-lemur-center.html

by Charlie Welch, Duke Lemur Center's Conservation Coordinator Friday 2/12 – Fly out of Tana early this morning for Tamatave, with a quick stop in Ile St. Marie, a small island off the east co...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2010/03/final-installment-of-duke-lemur-centers.html

by Charlie Welch, Duke Lemur Center's Conservation Coordinator Wed. 2/10 – This morning I flew out of Sambava, to Diego Suarez (also known as Antsiranana). That is only a 45 minute flight but t...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2010/03/duke-lemur-center-report-from.html

Finally! There is an action you can take that will help us save lemurs, and it won't cost you a dime! Pepsi is giving money to help worthy causes, and they are letting you decide which caus...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2010/02/you-can-help-save-lemurs.html

Travel Notes from Charlie Welch, Duke Lemur Center's Conservation Manager Tues. 2/2 – Leaving for Sambava tomorrow. Today I met with University of Antananarivo Veterinary School Director, Dr....

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2010/02/more-1st-hand-news-from-madagascar.html

Travel Notes in Madagascar From Duke Lemur Center's Conservation Manager, Charlie Welch Fri 1/29/10 – Arrived in the capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo (Tana) at 4:00 AM after leaving Durha...

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by Greg Dye, Operations Manager After more than 10 years of planning, a year of actual construction and several million dollars, Pyxis, Hunter and their five kids moved into their home. From a ...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2010/01/energy-efficient-new-housing-for.html

by Andrea Katz, Live Animal Curator Our nine new mouse lemurs have finally arrived from France! These five females and four males, born in Dr. Martine Perret’s research center near Paris, wi...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2009/12/bonjour-mouse-lemurs.html

by Dr. Sarah Zehr We often make the assumption that the animals around us hear things in the same way we do, yet there are common examples that show that they don’t. The animal known as the h...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2009/12/hear-hear-heres-to-lemur-ears.html

A series of emails…. I first met Luisa when she contacted me with an interest to become a volunteer at the Duke Lemur Center. We were scheduled to meet at a new volunteer orientation. The or...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2009/12/remembering-luisa_11.html

"I miss her." Ask anyone at Duke Lemur Center about Luisa Sartori, and that is the answer you are likely to receive. We knew Luisa was leaving. The plan was that she would return to her nati...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2009/12/remembering-luisa.html

After the usual months of preparation, 2 veterinarians have arrived from Madagascar and started training here at the Duke Lemur Center . Dr. Haja Rakotondrainibe and Dr. Hery Rakotoarivelo arri...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2009/11/duke-lemur-center-malagasy-vets.html

Duke Lemur Center is unique. This facility not only houses the largest collection of lemurs outside of Madagascar, it offers unparalleled opportunities for research, and it serves as an intera...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2009/11/want-to-know-more-about-lemurs-and.html

The following are articles written by Duke School 5th grade students about their visit to Duke Lemur Center Duke Lemur Center: A service learning project An Introduction to the Lemur Center B...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2009/10/duke-school-students-help-duke-lemur.html

VolunteerFest 09 October 28, 2009 Please come join us at our first VolunteerFest! This is an opportunity for you to meet other Technician Assistants (TAs) and learn more about the Duke Lemur ...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2009/10/live-in-durham-nc-area-want-to-help.html

What’s with all the Canadians? Duke Lemur Center seems to have been inundated by researchers from the Great White North this summer. And it can’t just be the weather, as I hear tell it’...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2009/10/duke-lemur-center-draws-researchers.html

The on-going political crisis in Madagascar is impacting more than just the human element in that unique island country. The forests and animals there are suffering as well (see a letter publis...

http://dukelemurcenter.blogspot.com/2009/09/duke-lemur-center-helps-lemurs-in.html