A few things come to mind when we imagine the alpha male type. They're the ones calling the shots, who get all the girls. But ...

Finally, I understand. We are climbing up, from all sides, toward the baboons. We are trying to startle them, to make them run. From the baboons' perch atop the hill, there is no place to go but down.

The more time alpha males spend guarding mates, the higher their stress hormones rise and the more their energy reserves ...

Transponders were attached to baboons so the troops could be tracked and monitored, and local residents could be alerted. Keeping the system running efficiently became problematic during the COVID ...

New research indicates that alpha male baboons are some of the most stressed – and this stress comes from the effort they put ...