Like humans, baboons with good friends often enjoy better health and longer lives. Now research suggests the strength of a baboon's social circle depends less on its rank than its personality — and ...

Johannesburg — It was a normal holiday morning. My family was getting up for the day and my husband had just left for a meeting. I was holding one of my children in my arms and another by the hand ...

Female baboons that suffer the loss of a close friend or relative turn to other baboons for comfort and support, according to a new study. The study encompasses 14 years of observing over 80 ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Baboons groom but don’t have to; humans may not groom enough. At least, that’s what I’ve learned from recent observations. At the Bronx Zoo a couple ...

When a Guinea baboon gets hold of meat, who eats next isn't luck, it's loyalty. After nearly 10 years observing wild Guinea baboons in Senegal, researchers uncovered a hidden rule behind every meal.

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 ...

Instead, I turned and was shocked to see Split Lip, the alpha male baboon from the troop that was frequenting Misty Cliffs, a small beachside town on South Africa's far southern Atlantic coast, just ...