Egyptian geese are aggressively territorial. During mating, they are monogamous, making it likely the pair fighting the ...

Two chacma baboons in a fight, the male on the right attacking a female. In this species, males are twice as large as females, and males are dominant over females.

Dominant baboons sleep less at night, as social rank keeps leaders more alert and prone to nighttime disruptions.

An ingenious new camera collar has offered researchers from our Anthropology department an unprecedented glimpse into the secret lives of wild baboons in South Africa. The pioneering devices have ...

Dominant baboons rule the troops by day, but at night, they may pay a hidden cost. A study led by Swansea University has ...

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 ...

Humans like to study themselves in a mirror. But wild baboons, when presented with a mirror, don’t seem to recognize they’re staring at their own selves, a new study has found. For decades, ...

It was the first time a controlled laser mark test has been done on these animals in a wild setting and strengthens the evidence from other studies that monkeys don’t recognise their own reflection.

The goal of this study was to answer two research questions: (1) how important is it to rotate enrichment types to maintain high levels of engagement in individually-housed adult chacma baboons? and ...