Urban Vervet Project
@urbanvervetproject.bsky.social
The Urban Vervet Project studies the behavioral & cognitive flexibility of an urbanized population of vervet monkeys at the Simbithi Eco Estate in South Africa.
https://urbanvervetproject.weebly.com/
https://urbanvervetproject.weebly.com/
Last week our new on-site manager Tobias Süess led @SimbithiEco’s Environmental Talk on the population dynamics of social mole-rats—thanks to all who joined! And a warm welcome to Linda Prince Lukhele, local South African, joining our field team with vervet fieldwork experience.
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Last week our new on-site manager Tobias Süess led @SimbithiEco’s Environmental Talk on the population dynamics of social mole-rats—thanks to all who joined! And a warm welcome to Linda Prince Lukhele, local South African, joining our field team with vervet fieldwork experience.
Busy week at Simbithi! We had the pleasure of hosting Amy and Molly from Wild Connection (Nambiti Research Camp), as well as @albamotesr.bsky.social and @rachelaharrison.bsky.social from the Inkavu Vervet Project. Great to exchange ideas and have some field time with you all!
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Busy week at Simbithi! We had the pleasure of hosting Amy and Molly from Wild Connection (Nambiti Research Camp), as well as @albamotesr.bsky.social and @rachelaharrison.bsky.social from the Inkavu Vervet Project. Great to exchange ideas and have some field time with you all!
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One last monkey morning before we fly out. Very lucky to be able to join the @urbanvervetproject.bsky.social team to visit 2 of their groups today!
October 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
One last monkey morning before we fly out. Very lucky to be able to join the @urbanvervetproject.bsky.social team to visit 2 of their groups today!
🚨NEW Pre-print 🚨
Here you can read about our latest findings on Monkey-Dog Interactions.
🐒🦮🐒🐩Living with urban fear: vervet monkey response to an evolutionary new predator biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@sofiaforss.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi
Here you can read about our latest findings on Monkey-Dog Interactions.
🐒🦮🐒🐩Living with urban fear: vervet monkey response to an evolutionary new predator biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@sofiaforss.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi
Living with urban fear: vervet monkey response to an evolutionarily new predator
Humans have facilitated contacts between prey and predator species that have originally not co-evolved, reshuffling the prey-predator arms race. How do prey cope with an evolutionarily new predation r...
biorxiv.org
October 15, 2025 at 6:23 AM
🚨NEW Pre-print 🚨
Here you can read about our latest findings on Monkey-Dog Interactions.
🐒🦮🐒🐩Living with urban fear: vervet monkey response to an evolutionary new predator biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@sofiaforss.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi
Here you can read about our latest findings on Monkey-Dog Interactions.
🐒🦮🐒🐩Living with urban fear: vervet monkey response to an evolutionary new predator biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@sofiaforss.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
We remember Dr. Jane Goodall (1934–2025), whose work reshaped primatology and inspired generations. At UVP, her legacy guides us in studying curiosity and coexistence with wildlife. Thank you, Jane.
We remember Dr. Jane Goodall (1934–2025), whose work reshaped primatology and inspired generations. At UVP, her legacy guides us in studying curiosity and coexistence with wildlife. Thank you, Jane.
October 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."
We remember Dr. Jane Goodall (1934–2025), whose work reshaped primatology and inspired generations. At UVP, her legacy guides us in studying curiosity and coexistence with wildlife. Thank you, Jane.
We remember Dr. Jane Goodall (1934–2025), whose work reshaped primatology and inspired generations. At UVP, her legacy guides us in studying curiosity and coexistence with wildlife. Thank you, Jane.
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🚨In this new Pre-print we present our findings on Monkey-Dog interactions
🐒🐕🦺🐒🐕🦺 @UrbanVervet
Living with urban fear: vervet monkey response to an evolutionarily new predator www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🐒🐕🦺🐒🐕🦺 @UrbanVervet
Living with urban fear: vervet monkey response to an evolutionarily new predator www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Living with urban fear: vervet monkey response to an evolutionarily new predator
Humans have facilitated contacts between prey and predator species that have originally not co-evolved, reshuffling the prey-predator arms race. How do prey cope with an evolutionarily new predation r...
www.biorxiv.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🚨In this new Pre-print we present our findings on Monkey-Dog interactions
🐒🐕🦺🐒🐕🦺 @UrbanVervet
Living with urban fear: vervet monkey response to an evolutionarily new predator www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🐒🐕🦺🐒🐕🦺 @UrbanVervet
Living with urban fear: vervet monkey response to an evolutionarily new predator www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The Urban Vervet Project lands on Bluesky! 🐒
We study primate adaptation to urbanisation at Simbithi in South Africa. Follow along for research updates, insights from the field, and news from our team.
We study primate adaptation to urbanisation at Simbithi in South Africa. Follow along for research updates, insights from the field, and news from our team.
October 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The Urban Vervet Project lands on Bluesky! 🐒
We study primate adaptation to urbanisation at Simbithi in South Africa. Follow along for research updates, insights from the field, and news from our team.
We study primate adaptation to urbanisation at Simbithi in South Africa. Follow along for research updates, insights from the field, and news from our team.