Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project

06/12/2025

Tune in next Tuesday, December 9th, at 2PM Eastern Africa Time, for a talk by UNBP Founder and Director, Shirley C Strum!

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/hsfntxNESiakc2DV5PGlFg

Meeting ID: 812 2340 2250

Passcode: 175852

30/09/2025

A new book by the founder and Director of the UNBP, Dr. Shirley C Strum!

In Shirley's own words: "What started out as an all-baboon story morphed into something else because others wanted more of me. Since I've been working for over 50 years, I also track how science has changed, how ideas of nature are cultural and a hopeful note about coexistence."

The amazing chronicle of a primate scientist's fifty-year journey studying baboons—and what her findings can tell us about primates, resilience, and human coexistence.In 1972, renowned anthropologist Shirley C. Strum traveled to Kenya to study the origins of human aggression through observing babo...

28/10/2024

In summer 2023, the UNBP team observed a really rare event at our field site - a young infant was kidnapped from his original troop and adopted by a female in ours! You can now read our open access article about the event to find out what happened to that infant. Fair warning - it's not a happy ending...
https://inandsight.science/journal/papers/6609dcae421cc27174301e2e

[The photo shows Hildi, the adoptive mother, holding the kidnapped infant.]

16/09/2024

Applications are open for the 3rd year of our NSF IRES! Spread the word to undergrads interested in gaining fieldwork experience working with wild olive baboons in Kenya. For more info contact Dr. Corinna Most, and apply here by 12/1/24: https://forms.gle/kbPUVdv7bL1S1Jxu6 🐒👀

09/10/2023

The students just presented their research from last summer , and Kathleen Lin Manuel Hawks won best podium presentation for their study on changes in male social behavior after puberty! 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼

19/09/2023

The talk given by Co-Director Dr. Corinna Most on human-baboon conflict and mitigation strategies is now available for streaming on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be_dRgOKEk4

Learn about the many ways UNBP works with the local communities to improve relationships between humans and wildlife!

This is a recording of of virtual members' talk titled "Human - Non-human Primate Conflict Mitigation Approaches: Lessons from Olive Baboons" that took place...

01/09/2023

Happy International Primate Day!

It's such a privilege to be able to spend our time with these beautiful, smart animals year after year. If you'd like to join us, applications are now open for the 2024 NSF IRES program for US undergraduate and graduate students! The deadline is December 1st, and you can apply here: https://forms.gle/tMUBv4Mfg9gAm4Cc6

29/08/2023

Tune in on Thursday, August 31st, at 8AM US Eastern/3PM East Africa Time to hear our co-Director Dr. Corinna Most talk about the challenges of conservation work when the animals you study are considered "pests" and the history of community-based conservation work done by UNBP to mitigate human-wildlife conflict. You can register at bit.ly/3YJ99zY

29/08/2023

Tune in on Thursday, August 31st, at 8AM US Eastern/3PM East Africa Time to hear our co-Director Dr. Corinna Most talk about the challenges of conservation work when the animals you study are considered "pests" and the history of community-based conservation work done by UNBP to mitigate human-wildlife conflict. You can register at bit.ly/3YJ99zY

September 1 is International Primates Day (IPD). To commemorate the day, we have organized a virtual talk titled 'Human - Non-human Primate Conflict Mitigation Approaches: Lessons from Olive Baboons' by Dr. Corinna Most,Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at Iowa State University and Co-Director of the Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project. The talk will take place on Thursday 31st August, 2023 from 3.00pm - 4.30pm (EAT).

We invite you to this engaging talk. Join us to learn learn more about the diversity, roles and importance of these primates in our natural world
Institute of Primate Research - IPR National Museums of Kenya Kenya Wildlife Service Uaso Ngiro Baboon Project

01/08/2023

And it’s a wrap! What a fantastic summer and what a fantastic group of students! They handled the physically and psychologically demanding fieldwork and life at our remote field site like pros and dealt with everything with good humor and a great attitude. We couldn’t have asked for a better team for our first year of the and we can’t wait to see what they accomplish next!

From left to right: Dr. Monica Wakefield (.wakefield), Kale Hawks () Dr. Shirley Strum, Ansley Cahill (.cahill), Ella Duster (), Dr. Corinna Most (), Bryn Williams (), and Mackenzie Weber.