As humanity’s closest cousins in the animal kingdom, primates offer a fascinating look at complex social behavior in the wild ...

There are over 300 monkey species alive today, and while most are peaceful, tree-dwelling insectivores and herbivores, a ...

The mammal world is sorely lacking in good dads—at least by human standards. In most mammalian species, males saddle the ...

The LSU researchers and their international collaborators studied six baboon species via samples from 19 sites across the continent of Africa. The results show surprising amounts of genetic ...

A young Kinda baboon at Mahale Mountains Nationalpark, Tansania. A new study found this species of baboon forms long term male and female friendships. “Kinda baboon male and female relationships ...

was born to first-time mother Lisa Marie and father Zito as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Hamadryas Baboon Species Survival Plan. The AZA has multiple Species Survival Plans ...

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 ...

Among baboons, females tend to form the strongest bonds with each other. Adult males live apart from them, except when mating. The species of Kinda baboons are different. A new study led by Anna ...

The bones represented dozens of individual baboons — from infants to adults — in two species: the hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) and the olive baboon (Papio anubis). These species weren ...