By Ben Lybarger * Pictured above: Brown titi monkey (Callicebus brunneus) In the tropics, the seasons can be determined by the amount of rainfall or alternatively, the number of monkeys in your immediate vicinity. While the latter is more of subjective measure, it is quite useful for researchers battling seasonal affective disorder. For these intrepid …
Photo credit: Will Ericson / © AntWeb.org Article by Ben Lybarger Let’s say you’re a plant, and you’ve got this problem with competing vegetation and herbivorous insects all over the place causing you grief. A situation such as this requires some real muscle, but what can you do? You’re just a plant. Well, if you …
Photo Credit: mauroguanandi The Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa) towers over most of its peers, growing up to 50 meters tall over a lifespan of up to 1000 years. It can be identified in part by its long cylindrical trunk and the coconut-sized fruits that it periodically drops like canon balls onto the jungle floor. …
Photographer Ishaan Raghunandan (Ghappu) is spending a good chunk of his summer in the field, pushing the boundaries of his camera, his endurance for insect bites, and occasionally even his own fears. Many times getting an amazing shot requires patience, quick thinking, and/or experimentation; but even then, there are no guarantees. In this guest blog, Ishaan …
Everybody poops, it’s true, but for researchers gathering valuable information from monkey droppings, not everyone’s poop is worth its weight in gold. Basic market forces come into play, even in the jungle where the rarer the primate, the more valuable its feces. Accordingly, missed opportunities in the field, such as one in particular with Callimico …
The following is an excerpt from the journal of one of our research assistants, Alexandra Schaening, who is helping to trap tamarins in the field for disease screening. Today is Sunday June 21, 2015 I started a stakeout at trap 28 for emperor tamarins and ended up with something much bigger. (dun dun DUNNNNNN) Two …
Using the Camera to Create and Capture An interview with Keshav Sishta by Ben Lybarger From Indian weddings to high fashion photography, Keshav Sishta has tirelessly plied his trade in countless challenging environments. Whether in the studio with international film stars or piloting a quadcopter over remote landscapes, his command of composition and technique belies …
