If male baboons were subject to the same kind of cultural commentary as humans, the phrase “deadbeat dads” might be called for, such is the primate’s relatively limited involvement in raising their ...

However, following two fatal shooting attacks on the baboons, Dr Rahman expanded his research to look at the impacts of these on the surviving members of the group. To do this Dr Rahman monitored the ...

The study looked at how a group of baboons living in Alldays, South Africa, responded following two fatal shootings by humans. The findings showed prolonged increases in behavioural anxiety and ...

When Baboon Dads Stick Around, Their Daughters Live Longer New research shows father-daughter relationships have a positive influence on female baboons’ lives—when the dads stick around ...

The researchers then tracked how long the daughters lived as adults. Conclusion of the study It was revealed that female baboons who, during the initial four years of their lives, bonded with their ...

The mammal world is sorely lacking in good dads—at least by human standards. In most mammalian species, males saddle the mother with their offspring while they continue to galavant around and ...

A team of biologists and wildlife specialists from the University of Notre Dame and Duke University, in the U.S., and Amboseli Baboon Research Project, in Kenya, has found evidence that female ...

Daddy day care helps female baboons live longer, according to new research. Females of the primate species who had strong father-daughter relationships lived two to four years longer than other ...

Daddy day care helps female baboons live longer, according to new research. Females of the primate species who had strong father-daughter relationships lived two to four years longer than other ...