Scientist's Arrest Stirs Concern

By MICHAEL ASTOR, Associated Press Writer, General Science / Other

Dutch scientist Marc van Roosmalen is seen in the state of Amazonia, Brazil, in this Nov. 1997, file photo. Van Roosmalen, who has discovered more new monkey species in Brazil in the past decade than anyone else, was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for illegally trying to auction off the names of monkey species and keeping monkeys at his house without authorization. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

(AP) -- Dutch scientist Marc van Roosmalen's success at combing the Amazon for new monkey species has earned him international acclaim and recognition as one of the world's leading biologists. Time magazine named him one of its "Heroes for the Planet."

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