Just because a female olive baboon has mated with a specific male doesn't mean he will be the father of her offspring.

Mummified remains of baboons in Egypt found over a century ago have long puzzled researchers. The primates were not native to Egypt and had their canine teeth removed before being preserved. New ...

In ancient Egypt, animals were not kept at a distance from daily life. People lived with them, named them, and included them ...

Conflict between humans and baboons can tear communities apart. Shirley C. Strum has studied wild olive baboons in Kenya for more than 50 years. In that time she's come to understand the species ...

A group of baboons thought it was safe to climb down from a tree when a buffalo wandered off, but they were wrong. In a hysterical video posted by Wild Friends Africa, nearly a dozen baboons acting ...

We've all had to deal with breakups — with close friends or romantic partners. But breakups aren't a uniquely human phenomenon. Our primate cousins do it too. Robert Seyfarth, a primatologist at the ...

A zoo has said it killed 12 baboons on Tuesday because it didn’t have enough space for them. The zoo, based in the German city of Nuremberg, said it killed the animals despite growing protests,. The ...

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A growing body of research hints that for nonhuman primates, purely platonic relationships come with big benefits. A study that draws on decades of research about baboons is adding to a pile of ...

Encounters between baboons and people are common in parts of South Africa. WhatsApp groups often share stories of baboons raiding a kitchen and stealing all the food. And stories appear in the media ...

Wild animal species respond very differently to human development, and as a result, they use ecological corridors in agricultural and urban areas in distinct ways. This emerges from research in ...

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