Besides humans, very few mammals receive care from their fathers. But when species do, it may benefit their children. New ...

Baboons can recover from childhood trauma with a little help from their friends A difficult upbringing can cut years off of a monkey’s life, but good friends can help get them back.

Baboons are a useful proxy for humans because they are similar in their life cycle, social relationships, physiology and behaviour.

Adult Friendships Can Triumph Over Childhood Trauma, Even in Baboons New study of baboons shows that a stressful upbringing can shorten life, but strong social bonds can help get those years back.

This troop of baboons found itself stuck several feet in the air, surrounded by lions. With nowhere to go, the baboons found themselves hanging on the bridge!

However, Kinda baboons exhibit a mosaic of behaviors, with male-driven social investment reminiscent of hamadryas baboons but within a more fluid and egalitarian group structure.

Male baboons have been observed carrying out long-term abuse of their female partners as a means of control and to increase mating success.

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This is the unusual and hilarious moment a troop of baboons hang on to a bridge to avoid a pride of lions making their crossing in this incredible video captured on safari ...

Early-life adversity and adult social relationships have independent effects on the survival outcomes of wild female baboons, a new analysis of 35 years observations in Kenya shows. In a report ...