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Last Monkey Recaptured by Primate Center

Critter News

The last of nine monkeys that escaped from the Oregon National Primate Research Center in Hillsboro was found at 2 p.m. Center director Nancy Haigwood said the perimeter fence will be improved to make it more difficult for an animal to leave the property. "We I don't know how I feel about this. Breeding for what?

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

10,000 Birds

This is all in a day’s work and a typical morning here at the Tambopata Research Center in the Madre de Dios district of Peru where, on behalf of the conservation agency Earthwatch Institute , I have come to volunteer for two weeks for the Tambopata Macaw Project. Volunteers are one of the most important aspects to the project.

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