Conflict between humans and baboons can tear communities apart. Shirley C. Strum has studied wild olive baboons in Kenya for ...

There are six different species of baboons. Scientists have found that certain species of baboons are more aggressive than others. However, when push comes to shove, every species of baboon can be ...

Dominant baboons sleep less at night, as social rank keeps leaders more alert and prone to nighttime disruptions.

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 ...

It’s stressful at the top, at least for male baboons, according to a new study that finds that alpha males — those at the pinnacle of the social hierarchy — are significantly more stressed out than a ...

In one of the most widely read posts on the Animals and Us blog (here), I discussed whether a troop of hamadryas baboons living in a garbage dump at Taif, Saudi Arabia kidnap puppies and raise them as ...

A study of sleep in a troop of wild baboons reveals that catching up on lost sleep might be a luxury that wild animals cannot afford. (Carter Loftus/UC Davis/Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior) ...

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 ...