Bear Aware!

Next week is Bear Awareness Week, and the North Carolina Piedmont Chapter of the American Association of Zookeepers (AAZK), of which several museum keepers and several keepers from the Duke Lemur Center are a part of, will be heading up our activities this year. Bear Awareness week is a week dedicated to learning about bear behaviors, spreading knowledge about bear species and their plights (6 out of 8 bear species are in danger of extinction), and learning how to cohabitateRead more

Durham Yard Sale

 YARD SALE! supporting the NC Piedmont AAZK SATURDAY JULY 18th 7:00am-11:00 at the Picnic Dome across from the Museum of Life and Science A few of the keepers here at the museum have joined together with some of the keepers (or techs, as they’re called) at the Duke Lemur Center, to form a local chapter of the American Association of Zookeepers (AAZK). The AAZK is a non-profit, volunteer organization of professional zookeepers and other persons dedicated to professional animal careRead more