Chacma baboons in Tsaobis Nature Park, Namibia. Credit: Dr. Alecia Carter In Namibia, the researchers began by allowing the baboons a period of mirror exposure to learn about the reflective surface.

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 sire ...

Young primates in a southern African nature park were observed to constantly interfere when their mother was giving attention to a younger brother or sister. By Annie Roth Annie Roth has reported on ...