Archives for 2016

Amazing GRC

This Monkey Has More Followers Than You By Ben Lybarger In a culture endlessly seeking likes, loves, and comments, it may come as a shock to many that a tiny, grizzled tamarin in the remote Amazon has most of us beat. To be sure, she doesn’t have any...

Ben LybargerSep 29 Amazon, Female, Peru, tamarin, wildlife No Comments

Ari and the Howler Monkey

Ben LybargerSep 20 Howler monkey, photography workshop No Comments

Ari and the Howler Monkey

One Student’s Photographic Quest In August 2016, FPI offered our first conservation photography workshop led by Ishaan Raghunandan in the Peruvian Amazon. The following is his account of student Ari Farzaneh’s journey to find and document her...

Science-bound, Adventure-driven

Conservation Spotlight

Conservation Spotlight

Science-bound, Adventure-driven

The exciting new face of nature conservation science By Kristina Aluzaite As intense morning rays light up the majestic faces and ridges of Nepal’s Khumbu valley, a group of mountaineers armed with ice gear and thick down jackets stand on...

Ben LybargerSep 09 Adventure, Conservation, Mountains, Science No Comments

No Monkey Left Behind

Conservation Spotlight, Feature

No Monkey Left Behind

By Ben Lybarger | Photos by Ishaan Raghunandan It was a typical afternoon in the Amazon when suddenly a troop of capuchin monkeys stormed through camp in a bluster of bending branches and daring leaps. Almost anyone who witnesses such a commotion instantly...

Ben LybargerAug 10 Baby, capuchin, Peru, Sapajus No Comments

Let’s Chase Chimpanzees Together

Ben LybargerMay 10 Chimp&See, Chimpanzee, Citizen Science, Zooniverse No Comments

Conservation Spotlight, Feature

Let’s Chase Chimpanzees Together

How Chimp&See is making that possible By Kristina Aluzaite Editor’s Note: Conservation Spotlight is a new FPI feature where we profile organizations, projects, and individuals that are contributing to our understanding and protection of habitat...

Un viaje por el Amazonas con FPI

Field Notes, Guest Post

Ben LybargerApr 14 capuchin, guest post, Photo Essay No Comments

Field Notes, Guest Post

Un viaje por el Amazonas con FPI

By Isabel Ríos Sapajus macrocephalus Ara severus Enyalioides sp. Atardecer Cocha Lobo Tití Hypsiboas lanciformis Vista desde la torre Aullador

Women in Science: Erin Kane

Ben LybargerMar 11 Careers in Science, Diana Monkeys, Women in Science No Comments

Women in Science: Erin Kane

My dissertation research focuses on endocrine, ecological, and behavioral responses to changing food availability in Diana monkeys in the Tai Forest, Cote d’I’voire. As our blog series continues, FPI (formerly Primates Peru) is reconnecting...

Women in Science: Deirdre Halloran

Ben LybargerMar 06 Careers in Science, veterinarian, Women in Science No Comments

Women in Science: Deirdre Halloran

My mom was a zookeeper at the Bronx Zoo and from a very young age, I knew I wanted to work with animals… Continuing our blog series highlighting our former research assistants and their career trajectories since their time with us in the Peruvian...

Women In Science: Frida Lona