Baboons care for their children like humans do Females are generally quite close to their maternal relatives - their mothers, aunts, and sisters. They groom them, rest near them, and aid them in ...

Baboons whose mothers died before they reached maturity, but then forged strong friendships in adulthood, were best able to bounce back. The flip side is also true, Alberts said. “Strong social bonds ...

Marching straight to the principal’s office, my mom went on the attack to protect her southpaw daughter from a perceived predator. It’s not exactly a gazelle head butting a baboon to defend ...

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 ...

In wild baboons (Papio cynocephalus), for example, adult males frequently leave the natal troop while females stay, ensuring that siblings from the same mother avoid each other as mates. But ...