Multimedia Gallery - Patricia Wright in 1972 with an owl monkey that helped inspire her to become a primate researcher.

June 11, 2014

Patricia Wright in 1972 with an owl monkey that helped inspire her to become a primate researcher.

Patricia Wright is shown in 1972 in New York City with an owl monkey that helped inspire her to devote her career to researching primates in the field, teaching and promoting conservation. Wright explained the pivotal importance of this owl monkey (and other members of this monkey's family) to her career as a primatologist and conservationist, and discussed her field research on owl monkeys in South American rain forests in "High Moon Over the Amazon," which was published in 2013 by Lantern Books. Wright's owl monkey research was funded by NSF.

Credit: Patricia Wright

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