1. Occurrence of primates along the BR-319, Amazonas, Brazil.

 

On the 16th, 17th and 18th of August 2019, collaborators from the Ichthyology and Fisheries Management Laboratory of Vale do Rio Madeira – LIOP, researchers from the Federal University of Rondônia, carried out biodiversity surveys in the RAPELD 12 module of BR-319, of the Biodiversity Research Program - PPBio.

 

During research carried out by Dr° Marcelo Rodrigues dos Anjos, researchers uncover a ballet of giant manta rays. Rede Globo - 08/30/2019 (Original news article in Portuguese)

 

Translated summary

 

On the 26th and 27th of August, the LIOP Ichthyology and Fisheries Management Laboratory received a visit from seventh year students from the Dom Bosco Municipal School. They were welcomed by professor Marcelo Rodrigues dos Anjos responsible for the laboratory and by education coordinator Tainá Pereira Sena, who explained the history and projects under development at the opportunity.