Margaret Buehler

Margaret Buehler is a biological anthropologist specializing in primatology and the evolution of social behavior. She recently earned her Ph.D. from Tulane University, with a dissertation titled, "Why males matter: the benefits of multimale groups in wild white-faced capuchins (Cebus imitator)." Margaret's research encompasses both wild and captive primates, with fieldwork conducted in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras, as well as research on captive primates at the St. Louis Zoo and the Tulane National Primate Research Center.

Her work has been funded by the Leakey Foundation, the American Society of Primatologists, the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, the School of Liberal Arts, and the Department of Anthropology. Margaret's research interests include mate choice, primate conservation, captive primate welfare, behavioral endocrinology, and the influence of location on behavior