Bioko Island I was with a group conducting a primate census on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea when I took this shot. Annual censuses of primate (and other mammal) populations have proven invaluable to researchers monitoring the bush meat trade. Hunting for bush meat has taken its toll on primate populations in the area, as the number of individuals encountered on census is slowly declining. Unsuccessful snaring can also be a problem here, as we spotted a large adult male drill monkey limping along one of the streams with a snare still attached to his leg. The census is conducted on a network of trails, which lead up to, and inside of an extinct caldera. During the two-week expedition we gradually made our ascent, camping and conducting the census at various points along the way. Not only did the plants get bigger as we neared the caldera, but the insects did as well. As I passed ferns that dwarfed my entire body, I imagined I was walking around in the movie Jurassic Park.

Bioko Island I was with a group conducting a primate census on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea when I took this shot. Annual censuses of primate (and other mammal) populations have proven invaluable to researchers monitoring the bush meat trade. Hunting for bush meat has taken its toll on primate populations in the area, as the number of individuals encountered on census is slowly declining. Unsuccessful snaring can also be a problem here, as we spotted a large adult male drill monkey limping along one of the streams with a snare still attached to his leg. The census is conducted on a network of trails, which lead up to, and inside of an extinct caldera. During the two-week expedition we gradually made our ascent, camping and conducting the census at various points along the way. Not only did the plants get bigger as we neared the caldera, but the insects did as well. As I passed ferns that dwarfed my entire body, I imagined I was walking around in the movie Jurassic Park.