Alpha male baboons may earn the right to preside over their troops, but evidence indicates all that power takes its toll. A past study from Duke University research scientist Laurence Gesquiere ...

Wild baboons failed to demonstrate visual self-recognition in a test carried out by anthropologists. Published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the study found that while the baboons ...

The set-up of the mirrors during mirror exposure and the mark test. (a) Two juvenile baboons exploring mirror 1 together. (b) An adult male interacting with the mirror. (c) Mirror 1 (vertical ...

Alpha male baboons may not have deadlines to meet, but it doesn’t mean their lives are stress-free, the researchers said. To ...

But there's a downside to being a strong and powerful alpha stud—at least if you're a baboon. Studies show that despite their high rank, the number one males in baboon society are also some of ...

Impala look to baboons for security from big cats lurking in the woodlands. From their watchtowers, baboons call out threats to the earth-bound impala. From the beginning of time in this small ...

The researchers observed 120 Chacma baboons in Tsaobis Nature Park, Namibia, between May and October 2021 to better understand self-awareness among wild non-hominid primates, who have previously ...

A female African baboon has died at the Delhi Zoo, the third animal fatality at the facility in as many weeks, officials said. The National Zoological Park, commonly known as Delhi Zoo ...

They’re the ones calling the shots, who get all the girls. But there’s a downside to being a strong and powerful alpha stud -- at least if you’re a baboon. Studies show that despite their high rank, ...

I found a new diet guru in Stella, a baboon. Here’s what she taught me. In 2010, an anthropology student stalked Stella for 30 days on the outskirts of Cape Town in South Africa and t racked ...