Alpha male baboons may earn the right to preside over their troops, but evidence indicates all that power takes its toll. A past study from Duke University research scientist Laurence Gesquiere ...
The second baboon, inspired by his comrade, made calculated attempts to snatch a mongoose. This unusual behavior highlighted a rarely seen aspect of baboon tactics in the wild. The mongoose troop ...
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 ...
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 ...
Known for its colorful face and rump, you can’t possibly mistake this monkey for anything else. Probably the most famous mandrill in popular culture, Rafiki from “The Lion King”, even sports ...
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 ...