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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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Identification of animals and plants is an essential skill set

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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The Rise of Next Gen Science

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 …

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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 social media accounts, and she has never …

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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 with research assistants and collaborators from the past to see where their careers have taken them, and to highlight the possibilities of …

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Chullachaqui Is Watching

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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