Staff Writer, Luke Fannin Imagine that you are speed dating. You decide to dress modestly, hoping to at least talk to some nice people and be social. The first two people you meet, dressed just like you, are fun to talk to; they’re friendly, they like Game of Thrones and enjoy dogs. But the third …
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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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La Trobe University students learning how to identify plants near Falls Creek. Susan Lawler Susan Lawler, La Trobe University I have recently been made abundantly aware of the lack of field skills among biology students, even those who major in ecology. By field skills we mean the ability to identify plants and animals, to recognise …
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Interview with Aaron Pomerantz By Kristina Aluzaite Investigating obscure and undiscovered insect species deep within rainforests with a portable Next Generation sequencer, studying colorful butterfly wing nanostructures, and talking science – that’s how Aaron Pomerantz, the Next Gen Scientist lives. Currently pursuing his PhD in Entomology at UC Berkeley on the topic of structural coloration …
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 social media accounts, and she has never …
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 and biodiversity. What do an animal in a forest, a Face on Mars and a 3D structure of a protein have in common? …
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 with research assistants and collaborators from the past to see where their careers have taken them, and to highlight the possibilities of …
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 Amazon, we caught up with Deirdre Halloran, who had joined our team …
Interview by Ben Lybarger, March 2016 Inspired by the International Day of Women and Girls in Science last month, we decided to catch up with some of our past collaborators and research assistants to see where their studies and careers have taken them. We were also curious about what initially sparked their interest in science, and …
By Ben Lybarger Long before there were organizations like the IUCN, the Rainforest Alliance, Conservation International, or the Amazon Conservation Association, there was a different sort of protector of the rainforest. Chullachaqui means “one-footed” or “odd-footed” in Quechua, a name alluding to this mythical creature’s unique physiology: one normal foot and one either facing backward …
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