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

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

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

The best solution to resolving conflicts is to prevent them. Changing human behaviours is difficult. And preventing bad baboon behaviour – like raiding human foods – is easier than trying to change ...

Twenty-five years ago, Dr Ruth Kansky and I began a programme that we believed would become a global model for urban wildlife coexistence: protecting the last wild baboons of the Cape Peninsula. We ...

The Cape Peninsula Baboon Management Joint Task Team (CPBMJTT) has given a dominant alpha male baboon a lifeline, saying that plans to put him down were off the table. This comes after conservation ...

An HR advisor with a background in recruitment and HRIS functions, with a passion for video games and writing. Oliver grew up playing Call of Duty with his siblings and has garnered 1000s of hours ...

Baboons are remarkable animals. While they often are written off as unintelligent violently aggressive creatures and bear the brunt of uninformed slurs, nothing could be further from the truth about ...

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a star-studded nebula scene that conjures the image of a colossal baboon raging in the depths of space. The outline of the cosmic simian's mouth and face are ...

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) presents a roundup of five research articles recently published in its esteemed journals. Widely recognized for fostering innovation and advancing ecological ...

The brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) can be found in both southern Africa and southern Australia. While downtown Cape Town is home to scenic attractions like the V&A Waterfront and the Bo-Kaap, ...