Waldo’s Wasp Tale
written by Chris Hirsh, a volunteer field assistant on the project White-Faced Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus capucinus) are widely accepted as some of the most intelligent monkeys in the entire New […]
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Entries by SSC WebTeam
Monster and Peeves
written by Amy Scott, a volunteer field assistant on the project Two months ago I was amazed at the monkeys’ ability to spot a camouflaged cascabel (rattlesnake) hidden among spiny […]
Eight Years of Memories
The following post is from Wiebke Lammers, “monera suprema.” This year, Wiebke left us after a decade of service to the monkey project. She is currently a graduate student in the […]
Social Drama in the Workplace
by Joana Griciute When I came to Costa Rica to spend a year working as a field assistant for a respected researcher and mentor Prof. Susan Perry, I wasn’t expecting […]
New educational tool
We have a new educational tool for environmental education teachers! Matt Ziegler, a research assistant at the Lomas Barbudal Monkey Project, has developed a new website designed to show people […]
Fire ravages the study site
Forest fires are always a problem in tropical dry forest, but this year our study site was hit particularly hard at the end of the 2013 dry season, when a […]
Changes in NSF Funding Priorities Threaten Viability of Long-term Field Sites
2013 has been a harrowing year for all researchers working at long-term field sites in primatology due to changes in government funding priorities. In the heyday of long-term field research […]