A new study from our team has just been published on the journal African Primates! We report a series of observations, for the first time in the wild, on the capture and consumption of two prey items which previously had not been reported in the diet of the Barbary macaque: adult European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and chicks of the […]

Watching juvenile Barbary macaques playing on a dead tree trunk shows that it is not only human kids (and adults!) who enjoy playing on slide. Monkey kids seem to enjoy this game too! Proof in video: Sandra

There are several stray dogs living at our field site that depend largely on food brought by tourists intended for the monkeys. Although dogs are a potential predator to Barbary macaques, these dogs seem to be aware of this and do not attack them. Conversely, when the macaques sound an alarm call against a potential […]

As part of the project, we have the great opportunity to meet different actors of Barbary Macaques conservation. That is how we got in touch with Els Van Lavieren, from the Moroccan Primate Conservation. The MPC has worked for the protection of this species in the Middle Atlas and around Ouzoud waterfalls since 2003, mainly […]

Some of you bloggers might have noticed a little sporting event going on in London. The 2012 Olympics got me thinking about how our very own Team GB, or Team Great Barbary’s, would do and what events we could enter them in. With all the grooming, sleeping and feeding together a good team spirit would […]