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By Ben Lybarger As the largest land mammal in South America, at first glance the tapir appears to be a good candidate for most fearsome forest

By Ben Lybarger Above Photo: Madre De Dios River (Peru) by Ben Lybarger. For researchers and students returning from the field, there is often a

By Ben Lybarger * Pictured above: Brown titi monkey (Callicebus brunneus) In the tropics, the seasons can be determined by the amount of rainfall or

One of my favourite things about teaching field courses in tropical biology the way we do them at FPI is the sheer variety of activities

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

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

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