Article: Cries and Greetings.(research on baboon behavior)

Article: Male baboons may roam
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 22, 2003 ;     479 words ...Male baboons may roam, but they know their own By ... Washington Post Monday, September 22, 2003 Male baboons may be promiscuous, but they are there ... partners, it has been unclear whether male baboons even recognize their own offspring ...

Article: Male baboons recognize and care for their own ...
Life Science Weekly;  September 29, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... believed, researchers have shown that male baboons give preferential protection to their own genetic offspring. The finding that male baboons somehow recognize their own genetic ... Susan Alberts, of the findings, "If male baboons care for their kids, and baboons are ...

Article: Male Baboons Recognize and Care for Their Own ...
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  September 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... believed, researchers have shown that male baboons give preferential protection to their own genetic offspring. The finding that male baboons somehow recognize their own genetic ... Said Alberts of the findings, "If male baboons care for their kids -- and baboons ...

Article: Study says male baboons assess mating possibilities ...
The Hindustan Times;  May 22, 2007 ;     635 words ... ... May 22 -- A new study has found that male baboons take advantage of the din created by ... mating with the female, himself. "For male baboons, copulation calls are the most interesting ... eavesdropping sometimes provides low-status male baboons with such mating opportunities, since ...

Article: Male baboons cooperate after cultural prodding.(Get ...
Science News;  April 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Adult male baboons are bad dudes. They regularly square off in bloody fights over access ... have no close genetic ties to the other members, past or present. Male baboons typically migrate into a troop as adolescents. To achieve the big ...

Article: A RARE PAIR OF MALE BABOONS MAKE NORFOLK ZOO THEIR ...
The Virginian Pilot;  November 21, 1998 ;     679 words ...Byline: Guy Friddell Within the last eight days, the Virginia Zoological Park on Norfolk's Granby Street has received two young gelada baboons, an endangered species in the mountains of central Ethiopia. The larger 4-year-old, weighing 40 pounds, arrived Thursday before last from the Los Angeles

Article: The toll courtships take on primates. (male baboons ...
Science News;  July 27, 1996 ;     657 words ...For many species, lengthy mating seasons are hard on males, studies have shown. They eat less well while pursuing females and suffer bruises from warding off other males. What about the few primates that, unlike most mammals, breed throughout the year? Previous research had suggested that the brief