University of Wisconsin–Madison
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What does the Primate Nutrition Lab study?

We study how ecology shapes behavior in nonhuman primates, testing socioecological questions using nutritional chemistry and behavioral observations.

Lab logo by Sterre Verbokkem

Lab logo featuring cartoon of two primates reaching for one fruit and images of different foods in each of their stomachs

Primate mycophagy

The Nature’s Valley Baboon Project recently published on mushroom consumption by chacma baboons.

(photo by Margaret Bryer)

infant baboon eating mushroom while seated on forest floor

Guenon social nutrition

We examine the social behavior and nutritional ecology of guenons, including L’Hoest’s monkeys, at Kanyawara in Kibale National Park, Uganda.

(photo by Margaret Bryer)

black and white monkey resting on the ground