My photo is the opening image of "Wild Planet", volume of the collection published by New Scientist!
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Cracking this nut will take strength, skill and a grasp of physics – and the capuchin is equal to the task. The monkeys choose nuts that...


Photo published on Nature journal
Worn rocks may have been used by Brazilian bearded capuchin monkeys hundreds of years ago, marking the earliest evidence for stone-tool...


Published on Science Illustrated
Double-page spread for my photo of the "smashing" capuchin on Science Illustrated magazine.

Interview on Canale 5 for the television program L'Arca di Noè
Interview on capuchin monkeys for the programme L'Arca di Noè of TG5. Broadcasted on Sunday 6 March, 1.40 pm, on Canale 5. Watch the clip


Published on Focus magazine
Focus magazine published an article about my winning photo at the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition.


Runner-up of the Behaviour Category at the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition
See the Gallery Published also on BBC and National Geographic Italia


Photo published on the cover of the issue of the Royal Society Philosophical Transactions B
In Fazenda Boa Vista (Piauí, Brazil), wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) habitually use percussive tools. This alpha...

Capuchin monkeys at the Expo 2015, Milan
"Odori e sapori: un viaggio sensoriale attraverso i prodotti alimentari" Il 26 Settembre all'EXPO di Milano si parlerà di mele ed...


Photographic exhibit - 6th European Federation for Primatology Meeting
A photo report documenting a 90 day long experience spent observing a group of bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) at Fazenda...


Capannina Aperitiff presenta "90 days" - Mostra fotografica
90 days, il mio reportage fotografico realizzato nella foresta brasiliana, finalmente arriva a Lavinio, il posto dove sono cresciuto e...


Festival Pint of Science Italy - Tra ricerca e fotografia
Pint of Science porta alcuni dei più brillanti ricercatori al tuo bar per discutere le loro ultime ricerche e scoperte direttamente con te.


90 days in the forest of the monkeys
Photographic exhibition at Roma Tre University


90 days in the forest of the monkeys
Photographic exhibition at FNUR - Fotografi Naturalisti Università di Roma


Piero Angela presents "The Bearded Capuchin Monkeys of Fazenda Boa Vista"
Screening of the documentary "The Bearded Capuchin Monkeys of Fazenda Boa Vista" by Elisabetta Visalberghi and Alessandro Albani,...
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