Authorities in Cape Town, South Africa, have released an updated baboon action plan aimed at reducing conflict between people ...

A new study has found that chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) like to feed on antelope poop, especially during drier months when vegetation might be sparse. Researchers deployed collar cameras attached to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Previous research has suggested that the quiet, tonal grunts given by female savanna baboons (Papio cynocephalus ursinus) function to mollify ...

Scientists from Swansea University and the University of Cape Town have tracked social grooming behaviour in wild baboons using collar-mounted accelerometers. The study, published in the journal Royal ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Annual cycles in day length are an important consideration in any analysis of seasonal behaviour patterns, since they determine the period ...

While access to a foraging log had no curative effect on serious self-injurious biting of a single-caged subadult male baboon, transferring the animal to an outdoor section with compatible females in ...

Researchers at Swansea University have discovered that baboons walk in lines, not for safety or strategy, but simply to stay close to their friends. Baboons often travel in structured line formations ...

Self-awareness may be beyond primates in the wild. Chimps, organutans and other species faced with a mirror react to a dot on their face in the lab, a widely used measure of self-awareness. But while ...

Anna Bracken has recently completed her PhD with Swansea University. She received scholarship funding from Swansea University. Many animals form groups. Living in a group can protect individuals from ...

Abusive relationships may seem uniquely human, but we might share this toxic trait with our primate relatives. It turns out that baboons exhibit behavior that looks startlingly similar to intimate ...

Male use of aggression to coerce females into sex may be more widespread than previously thought. Sexual intimidation, whereby male aggression improves mating success days or weeks later, has until ...