Shirley Strum's​ new book highlights many surprises including their displaying complex strategies of negotiation, ...

Learn how in the savannas of Senegal, Guinea baboons distribute food by friendship and family bonds, mirroring the sharing ...

Guinea baboons share meat through friendship, revealing how social bonds - not hunger - shape cooperation in complex animal ...

Researchers at Swansea University have discovered that baboons walk in lines, not for safety or strategy, but simply to stay close to their friends. Baboons often travel in structured line formations ...

When it comes to stress for baboons and people it's all about hierarchy. Sept. 22, 2008 — -- Baboons are aggressive, mean-spirited and wild. And when it comes to stress, apparently they are just ...

The quality of relationships and the social organization of a society, influence the transfer of valuable resources not only ...

AMHERST, Mass. — An international team of scientists led by a recent doctoral graduate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst sheds new light on the social behaviors of Kinda baboons (Papio ...

The mammal world is sorely lacking in good dads—at least by human standards. In most mammalian species, males saddle the mother with their offspring while they continue to galavant around and sire ...

There's a downside to being a powerful alpha male -- at least if you're a baboon. Studies show that despite their high rank, the No. 1 males in baboon society are also some of the most stressed out, ...

The zoo initially announced the plan to lower their baboon population in February 2024 Daniel Karmann/picture alliance via Getty The Tiergarten Nürnberg Zoo in Southern Germany confirmed that it ...