FPI Team

The Colours of a Primate Rainbow: Interview with Dr. Amanda Melin

Staff Writer, Luke Fannin Primates are exceptionally visually oriented mammals. Adapted to a life in the trees, their evolution has favored forward-facing eyes for enhanced depth perception (handy for accurately grasping branches) and has reduced their reliance on smell (hence the flatter faces). Reliance on sight has led to another development in our lineage: color …

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Living for the City: Interview with Dr. Iván Soto-Calderón

Living for the City: Interview with Dr. Iván Soto-Calderón The white-footed tamarin (Sagunius leucopus). Image courtesy of Giant Eland. Staff Writer, Luke Fannin My fellow research assistants from this past summer will undoubtedly agree with me when I say that tamarins are incredibly flexible when it comes to their daily habits in the Amazon rainforest. …

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The Succession Rhapsody: from sand to Amazon rainforest

[attention title=”Amazon Wired”]Varun Swamy, field course instructor (see Amazonian ABCs), is also one of the co-founders of the Amazon Wired project. Here he tells us how megaflora are really just as interesting as megafauna. This article originally appeared on the Rainforest Expeditions blog on May 22, 2017. To get to know Varun better, check out …

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Ghosts of Megafauna Past

Ghosts of Megafauna Past By Varun Swamy, FPI field course instructor. He is also one of the co-founders of the Amazon Wired project. Here he tells us how the project was conceived. This article originally appeared on the Rainforest Expeditions blog on June 5, 2017.  I distinctly remember the first time I accidentally stabbed my hand on the spine …

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Mi Experiencia Como Asistente de Investigación

Mi Experiencia Como Asistente de Investigación Autor: Stefano García Castillo, Perú Como muchos peruanos, estoy maravillado con nuestra amazonia. Por la riqueza que presentamos siempre quise experimentar y estudiar su biodiversidad, especialmente a los primates. Tenía aún 18 años cuando encontré la página de Field Projects International y estaba asombrado por sus diversos estudios en …

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