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

The first evidence pointing to the unique daily problems faced by alpha male baboons arrived in 2011, when Gesquiere and ...

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 ...

A study published in 2011 provided one of the first clues that being an alpha male comes with a cost. The research, led by ...

4+4: Ate. Four plus four is eight, or "ate." (See "ate") Alpha male: Taken from animal ethology, an alpha male is the dominant member of a group of males, or just a male who is in charge.

The Amboseli Baboon Research Project has been studying the behavior, social dynamics, and hormone levels of wild baboons in ...

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

Maybe some of these wolves might challenge the alpha male to take over leadership of ... wolves in the wild Calling wolves alpha and beta animals comes from research on wolves in captivity ...

An animal called a woolly monkey seems like it ... Woolly monkeys live in social groups averaging about 50 individuals and led by an alpha male. These groups can spread out over several acres ...