13 août 2026
After some months of data analyses, we are back in the field, ready to study the pygmy marmosets in the Sacha Lodge Reserve. In our first week of field work, we have bad news, good news and lots to think about.
17 octobre 2019
Walking into the “flying room” at the Sacha Lodge butterfly farm is like walking into a different world, of peace and tranquility, amid the cacophonous chorus of the surrounding jungle...
8 mars 2019
After some months of data analyses, we are back in the field, ready to study the pygmy marmosets in the Sacha Lodge Reserve. In our first week of field work, we have bad news, good news and lots to think about.
11 février 2019
The idea of “survival of the fittest” has ties to Darwin’s famous visit to the Galapagos Islands, so it seems natural that indigenous communities in mainland Ecuador...
11 janvier 2019
Navigating the rainforest is a tricky task when you consider that for over half of the year many of the main trails are completely flooded. Even when the floodwaters recede during the dry season...
11 novembre 2018
The small city of Coca (formally known as Puerto Francisco de Orellana) is located at the confluence of the mighty Rio Napo and the Coca River, earning it the distinction of being the “gateway to Ecuador’s Amazon...
11 octobre 2018
In the remote depths of the Ecuadorian Amazon, far from the reach of cell signals or busy highways, are the fascinating and friendly Kichwa indigenous communities that have conserved their customs...
15 août 2018
This week we had more observations of the lonely pygmy marmoset of the kapoc tower. He lives and feed on a Spondias tree, known in Spanish as ovo. This is one of the preferred exudate sources for pygmy...
