By Ben Lybarger | Photos by Ishaan Raghunandan It was a typical afternoon in the Amazon when suddenly a troop of capuchin monkeys stormed through camp in a bluster of bending branches and daring leaps. Almost anyone who witnesses such a commotion instantly admires the deft movements, and once your eyes lock with one of …
By Isabel Ríos [one_half]Un ensayo fotográfico por Isabel Ríos, un alumno de nuestro curso de campo del invierno. Todos los derechos de autor de fotos Isabel Ríos 2016, usado con permiso. Para los amantes de la naturaleza, la selva amazónica es realmente un paraíso, uno de esos lugares a los que te prometes volver …
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. …
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 …
