About the Center...
The founding Indenture of Duke University directed the members of the university to "develop our resources, increase our wisdom and promote human happiness." To these ends, the mission of the Duke Lemur Center is to promote research and understanding of prosimians and their natural habitat as a means of advancing the frontiers of knowledge, to contribute to the educational development of future leaders in international scholarship and conservation and to enhance the human condition by stimulating intellectual growth and sustaining global biodiversity. The Duke Lemur Center is funded by the National Science Foundation, Duke University and private donors.
Adopt a Lemur
When you decide to adopt a lemur, you will be providing support in the name of a featured member of any of the species of lemurs we have here at the Lemur Center. Each year one animal from each species will be highlighted. For example, if you wish to adopt a ringtail lemur you will receive information on the ringtail species in general as well as a life history of the highlighted individual. All adopted animals remain in the care and custody of the Duke Lemur Center and no ownership rights are granted through adoption. Adopt now!
News... 
Duke Lemurs Celebrate 10 Years in the Wild Of 13 captive-bred black and white ruffed lemurs reintroduced to Madagascar a decade ago, three are still going strong.... [more info]