Animal rights activists disagree with authorities on how best to handle boom in primate population near Table Mountain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An adult male and infant baboon in the Amboseli ecosystem, Kenya. This doesn’t necessarily show that father-daughter bonding ...

Young primates in a southern African nature park were observed to constantly interfere when their mother was giving attention ...

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 ...

PARIS, France — Sibling rivalry isn't just a problem for humans -- young baboons also compete for their mother's attention, ...

A study found that female baboons with strong bonds with their fathers lived 2-4 years longer. Researchers believe paternal care creates a "zone of safety" for young baboons, contributing to their ...

Wildlife Paws in Dullstroom is racing to raise approximately R350 000 to build a baboon enclosure that could save an orphaned baby’s life and create a future space for rehabilitation and release back ...

Authorities in Cape Town, South Africa, have released an updated baboon action plan aimed at reducing conflict between people and baboons, which regularly enter urban areas in search of food. The plan ...

In the Cape Peninsula baboon crisis, the language, assumptions and policy options being advanced echo apartheid’s ...

Baboons are remarkable animals. While they often are written off as unintelligent violently aggressive creatures and bear the brunt of uninformed slurs, nothing could be further from the truth about ...