These friendships often lasted for life, and scientists say they show how male primates can use kindness and affection to ...

Among baboons, alpha males pay a high price for dominance In baboon society, males occupy a central position, and intense competition determines access to both females for mating and food resources.

While it was easy to track the maternal relatives, as offspring spend considerable time with them, tracking paternal mating history can get tricky as the males move so often. So, for the past few ...

Unlike most baboon species, where female social bonds dominate and male–female relationships are often short-lived or revolve around mating, the research led by anthropologist Anna Weyher ...

Guinea baboons possess information about the skillfulness of others and use it strategically to their advantage ...

Today the Amboseli Baboon Project includes and depends on a number of people ... foraging studies, play studies, mating and mate choice studies, and everything in between. His tremendous field ...

In the study, one male per group were taught to operate a special food box that only they could open. This allowed them to provide a valuable food source to their group. During this phase, there ...