WASHINGTON - Life is tough for the top baboon. Oh sure, you're No. 1 so you get the best food and girl baboons. But there's also all that pressure to defend your status. Maybe, a new study suggests, ...
It’s stressful at the top, at least for male baboons, according to a new study that finds that alpha males — those at the pinnacle of the social hierarchy — are significantly more stressed out than a ...
Adult male baboons are bad dudes. They regularly square off in bloody fights over access to food and females, whom they will also attack. In this vicious pecking order, males at the top bully bottom ...
Life is tough for the top baboon. Oh sure, you’re No. 1 so you get the best food and girl baboons. But there’s also all that pressure to defend your status. Maybe, a new study suggests, being No. 2 is ...
Oh sure, you're No. 1 so you get the best food and girl baboons. But there's also all that pressure to defend your status. Maybe, a new study suggests, being No. 2 is better - offering similar ...