Camera traps (CTs) are an increasingly popular method of studying animal behavior.
However, the impact of cameras on detected individuals—such as from mechanical noise …

Most nonhuman primates prey on vertebrates. Meat-eating, defined as ingestion of
vertebrate tissue, occurs in 12 families,≥ 39 genera, and≥ 89 species. It is most common in …

Cooperative hunting and meat sharing are hypothesized as fundamental to human life
history adaptations and biological success. Wild chimpanzees also hunt in groups, and …

The importance of cultural processes to behavioural diversity in our closest living relatives is
central to revealing the evolutionary origins of human culture. However, the bonobo is often …

Understanding the behavior of non-human primates is crucial for improving animal welfare,
modeling social behavior, and gaining insights into distinctively human and phylogenetically …

Infanticide is well documented in chimpanzees and various hypotheses have been
proposed to explain this behavior. However, since infanticide by chimpanzees is relatively …

Primate societies are diverse in terms of social organization and structure (Smuts et al. 1987;
Boesch et al. 2002). The society, or social unit, is the set of conspecific animals that interact …

Social tolerance is generally treated as a stable, species-specific characteristic. Recent
research, however, has questioned this position and emphasized the importance of …

Studies of wild non-human primates have yielded groundbreaking insights into social
learning and social cognition. These studies have the benefit of placing the animal within its …

Sharing environments with humans is linked to heightened stress responses in many wildlife
species. In Uganda, deforestation for agriculture has increased competitive interactions …