We study health, well-being, and conservation of animals in managed environments for informed consul
Patterns of health within human and animal societies and across different multispecies communities represent emergent global patterns whose underlying dynamics must be understood to better tackle complex health issues. Our goal is to employ evolutionary and social network theories for practical applications at the human-animal interface using a transdisciplinary framework comprised of computationa
10/19/2017
Click here to support Cayo Santiago Monkeys: Maria relief organized by CayoSantiago Researchers Researchers from a set of international universities are working together to save an invaluable scientific resource that was badly damaged in Hurricane Maria— a population of rhesus monkeys living on a remote island — and the staff and facilities that support them. Cayo Santiago is a small islan...
More evidence of consensus in nonhuman animals.
08/01/2017
Human animal conflict has real consequences.
Elephants, tigers kill one human a day in India Endangered elephants and tigers are killing one person a day in India as humans put a growing squeeze on their habitat, according to new government figures.
04/02/2017
Scientific study of human-bear conflict provides new insights into what is really going on and how to manage it. We have similar hopes for our human-monkey conflict studies in Asia!
A 6-year study of Colorado bears is upending assumptions about their encounters with humans Colorado Parks & Wildlife researchers are finishing their six-year study of black bears. Their data challenges core assumptions that have shaped management policies for decades — including whet…
03/24/2017
Exciting new computational network approaches for conserving wildlife.
New Maps May Help Chase Down Poachers Before They Strike How harnessing troves of information can revolutionize wilderness management in Africa—and around the world.
11/20/2016
Interesting long read that includes themes on human-wildlife conflict!
Why aren’t coyotes, dingoes and wolves treated like our dogs? – Brandon Keim | Aeon Essays Coyotes, dingoes and wolves are all dogs, as intelligent and loyal as our familiars. Our treatment of them is unconscionable
10/27/2016
Another new and exciting study by IIHAN researchers!
Social buffering and contact transmission: network connections have beneficial and detrimental effects on Shigella infection risk among captive rhesus macaques In social animals, group living may impact the risk of infectious disease acquisition in two ways. On the one hand, social connectedness puts individuals at greater risk or susceptibility for acquiring enteric pathogens via contact-mediated transmission. Yet conversely, in strongly bonded societies…
10/21/2016
Check out this new and exciting research by investigators at IIHAN:
http://phys.org/news/2016-10-uncertainty-social-bad-health.html
Uncertainty about your social rank might be bad for your health Having strong social connections has many benefits, from splitting the tab on a pizza to having someone with whom to binge watch Netflix. But for rhesus macaque monkeys at the California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC) at UC Davis, uncertainty about where they rank in their social order may...
08/15/2016
Monkeys That Smile the Way We Do A recent study shows that seven baby Japanese macaques spontaneously smiled a combined 58 times while they were sleeping.
06/09/2016
Watch This Monkey Steal Cash From An Indian Jewelry Store Monkey business at its finest
06/09/2016
One of the main focuses of the group is understanding human-monkey interaction. Here's a good example...
Hapless Monkey Single-Handedly Triggers Nationwide Blackout In Kenya A monkey stumbled into the largest hydropower station in East Africa and managed to set off a chain reaction that caused a countrywide blackout lasting more than three hours.
04/30/2016
Human - animal interactions in the news.
Weasel Apparently Shuts Down World's Most Powerful Particle Collider The Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland is offline, following a run-in with a small mammal that munched on a power cord.