Darwin: A Primate’s Tale
Darwin is a capuchin monkey who was born during a time of great prosperity for her group. She is the granddaughter of alpha male Pablo and the venerable alpha female Chupacabra. Darwin had a happy and relatively carefree childhood but her life since then has had its challenges.
Primate Tales: Edgar and the Appearance of Pyrrhic Victory in Biology
For more than four years, the alpha male in the Mitumba community of chimpanzees in Gombe National Park has been Edgar, a ruler with an iron fist if ever there was one.
Primate Tales: Scarlet, Booker, and Jolie
Rachna Reddy was awarded a Leakey Foundation research grant during our spring 2016 cycle. Here we have a short story about a few of the chimps Rachna has been following in Kibale National Park, Uganda.
Primate Tales: The Story of Moth, a White-Faced Capuchin
The first installment of our Primate Tales series is the story of Moth, a male capuchin monkey that lives in Costa Rica. Moth was born into Rambo’s group in 1992. The circumstances of his birth were somewhat unusual, as he is one of very few individuals born into this population who was not sired by the alpha male.