Duke Lemur Center

Founded in 1966, the Duke Lemur Center (DLC) is an internationally acclaimed non-invasive research facility housing nearly 240 animals across 17 species – the world’s largest and most diverse population of lemurs outside their native Madagascar.

Because all of its research is non-invasive, the DLC is open to the public and educates more than 32,000 visitors annually. Its highly successful conservation breeding program seeks to preserve vanishing species such as the aye-aye, sifaka, and mongoose lemur, while its Madagascar Conservation Programs study and protect lemurs – the most endangered mammals on Earth – in their native habitat.

The Duke Lemur Center is a place for students and volunteers to work, learn, serve, and live out the center's mission to advance science, scholarship, and biological conservation, while helping to care for the largest living collection of endangered primates in the world. Volunteers are essential to the daily operations here at the Duke Lemur Center. Each volunteer opportunity requires different time commitments and focus on different interests. For more information on each volunteer position, go to: https://lemur.duke.edu/engage/volunteer/