In a nutshell Wild baboons understand mirrors show real events but don’t recognize their own reflection in them. Only 1 out of 135 mirror tests showed any self-directed response Young male baboons ...

Baboon politics say a lot about human politics: It's tough to be on top, and the key to staying there is to know when to stress over the competition. Professor of Neuroscience at Stanford ...

Baboons, however, live their entire lives in close and continuous ... the same way that they do maternal sisters - grooming them, resting near them, and generally interacting with them more than they ...

Rare sighting of a baboon "adopting" a lion cub and grooming it caught on ...

Impala look to baboons for security from big cats lurking in the woodlands. From their watchtowers, baboons call out threats to the earth-bound impala. From the beginning of time in this small ...

Grooming: A characteristic primate social behavior ... Harem: A term sometimes used for a one-male unit, usually of geladas or hamadryas baboons. Herd: A temporary aggregation of one-male units ...

The set-up of the mirrors during mirror exposure and the mark test. (a) Two juvenile baboons exploring mirror 1 together. (b) An adult male interacting with the mirror. (c) Mirror 1 (vertical ...

Wild baboons failed to demonstrate visual self-recognition in a test carried out by anthropologists. Published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the study found that while the baboons ...

Officials at Texas research centre have made changes to the enclosures after four baboons leapt to freedom. The primates propped up barrels against the walls of their yard at the Texas Biomedical ...

Baboon besties don’t catch up for coffee or bare their souls over beers. But they do spend time together grooming -- a give-and-take that involves sitting close together and stroking and picking ...