When it comes to stress for baboons and people it's all about hierarchy. Sept. 22, 2008 — -- Baboons are aggressive, mean-spirited and wild. And when it comes to stress, apparently they are just ...

Conflict between humans and baboons can tear communities apart. Shirley C. Strum has studied wild olive baboons in Kenya for more than 50 years. In that time she's come to understand the species ...

Baboons are remarkable animals. While they often are written off as unintelligent violently aggressive creatures and bear the brunt of uninformed slurs, nothing could be further from the truth about ...

The quality of relationships and the social organization of a society, influence the transfer of valuable resources not only in humans but also in other primates. Researchers at the German Primate ...

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 ...

Besides humans, very few mammals receive care from their fathers. But when species do, it may benefit their children. New research from the University of Notre Dame found that the strength of ...

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 ...

Two recent examples of zoos in the news raise serious questions about the troubling nature of human-animal relationships. A few days ago, we learned that Germany's Tiergarten Nurnberg zoo killed 12 ...