Amanda D. Melin

Did you know howler monkeys (Alouatta sp.) are the only New World primate in which males and females see color equally well, and probably have color vision as good as ours? - ACG, Costa Rica

Danum Valley, Sabah Borneo

In pursuit of treeshrews in Sabah, Borneo, and yes, those are leech socks

Students tracking habituated tamarin groups in southeastern Peru with field researcher Mrinalini Watsa through Field Projects International/PrimatesPeru. Photo credit: Ishaan Raghunandan

How a capuchin monkey (Cebus capucinus) eating bright red Guattarda macrosperma fruits might look to his red-green colorblind group mate- ACG, Costa Rica

Welcome! Our lab is involved in a broad range of research situated at the intersection of behaviour, sensory ecology, and dietary outcomes of nonhuman and human primates. We take an integrative approach to answering questions about primate origins and evolution, melding study of sensory systems with molecular ecology, microbiome analysis, metagenomics and field observations of primates.

Contact Information

Email: Amanda Melin

Check out an animated video about some of our work

See our color vision simulation software in action. We simulate the appearance of natural fruit scenes for monkeys with different color vision types to better understand how they see their world