I spent 4 months following squirrel monkeys near Guadalupe. I was totally excited and bewildered to be working in the beautiful forest I could only have seen on TV before. Walking around the forest took a lot of getting used to, with lots of laughs at me falling over and sliding down hills. While

During my thesis project, I studied how squirrel monkeys (Saimiri oerstedii oerstedii) choose their sleeping sites in a Costa Rican landscape heavily influenced by human presence. Sleeping sites are essential for survival: they must provide safety during the night while also allowing efficient access to food resources. I compared regularly used sleeping sites, occasionally

Today was my first day of fieldwork for my research project, and I was really excited. My first task is to characterize the squirrel monkeys’ sleeping sites by collecting data such as the height of the trees they sleep in, the distance between them, and their proximity to human settlements or water sources. I

En Fundación Saimiri estamos muy alegres por el apoyo de Alegra, un sistema contable y facturación para pequeñas empresas. Les invitamos a conocer más sobre este sistema en el siguiente enlace: Alegra

Por Daniela Solano Conocer la distribución actual de los  monos titi en la Península de Osa es de suma importancia para su conservación. Su localización, el número de individuos que componen las tropas y las amenazas que existen en el área que ellos utilizan son datos que nos aportan información sobre el estado actual

By Margaret M. Crawford I came to Fundación Saimiri in a post-undergraduate position. I was looking for something to build on the knowledge I spent four years amassing and prepare me for the future prospects of graduate school. The draw for working in Costa Rica was easy to agree to. However, the work completed

Por Vanesa Meléndez Llegué a Guadalupe hace ya 8 meses. La idea era hacer un voluntariado con Fundación Saimiri durante 3 meses. Hace unos años (3 o 4), descubrí que mi verdadera pasión y a lo que quería dedicarme era al estudio de primates, así que venir aquí me parecía una buena oportunidad para

by Victoire Martignac “Make sure you shake your boots in the morning before putting them on. You never know what will be inside.” was how the other volunteer, Margaret, introduced me to the morning routines of a day in the forest. On the forest days, I wake up at 3.50. Waking up so early,

By Margaret Crawford My arrival at Guadalupe was in the night and full of action; from the bus ride to a taxi on a bumpy dirt road to a car and finally my home for the summer. The road to Guadalupe was dark and coming from Chicago this has been the biggest adjustment to