Robin Laurie

In July 2024, I travelled from the fields of Yorkshire, England into the role of the vocalization field assistant at Capuchinos de Taboga. Having just completed my Master’s degree in Dog Vocalizations at the University of York, I already knew how much I loved playing with technological gadgets and talking to animals; all I was […]

Violette Viard

My name is Violette, I am French and I was the Lab’s research assistant in Taboga. I graduated in 2022 with a Master’s degree in Human Physiology but after some time studying humans, I decided monkeys were much cooler ! I joined  Capuchinos de Taboga in August 2023 for a one year-commitment as a field and […]

Fran Kaser

I was the platforms field assistant working at the Capuchinos de Taboga fieldsite. I arrived at Taboga in August 2023 after working with rhesus macaques in Puerto Rico and howler monkeys in Costa Rica. I helped conduct cognition experiments on wild white-faced capuchins, collected behavioral data and biological samples, organized individual and group life history, […]