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 ...

Baboons, however, live their entire lives in close and continuous proximity not only to friends and family but also to opponents. For a male, who may live in several different groups over the course ...

Baboons have the ability to cooperate with each other, like their human counterparts, for the common good, or punish them if they do not reciprocate, according to a study. Scientists have long ...

A study published last month (February 24) in Current Biology finds that death, dispersals, and an unknown innate strategy help wild baboons avoid inbreeding. But the animals do sometimes mate with ...