Early experiences in an animal's life can have a significant impact on its capacity to thrive, even years or decades later, and DNA methylation may help record their effects. In a study of 256 wild ...

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 ...

Human persecution leads to anxiety and physiological stress among baboons. That's according to the findings of new research by the Durham University Department of Anthropology. Subscribe to our ...

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AMHERST, Mass. — An international team of scientists led by a recent doctoral graduate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst sheds new light on the social behaviors of Kinda baboons (Papio ...

Female baboons who experience hardships early in life grow up to be less socially connected, revealed a study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Sam Patterson from New York University, ...

A study of sleep in a troop of wild baboons reveals that catching up on lost sleep might be a luxury that wild animals cannot afford. (Carter Loftus/UC Davis/Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior) ...

For 50 years, researchers in Kenya have studied more than 1,500 baboons across eight generations. What they’ve learned could apply to our lives, too. After darting a baboon named Olduvai in Kenya’s ...

A study found that female baboons with strong bonds with their fathers lived 2-4 years longer. Researchers believe paternal care creates a "zone of safety" for young baboons, contributing to their ...

In the romantic comedy “When Harry Met Sally,” the central premise, as Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan’s characters stay friends throughout the years, is, can men and women really just be friends? In the ...