These friendships often lasted for life, and scientists say they show how male primates can use kindness and affection to socially succeed.

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 ...

New study of baboons shows that a stressful upbringing can shorten life, but strong social bonds can help get those years back. New study of baboons shows that a stressful upbringing can shorten life, ...

A baboon at ZooTampa has been given a clean bill of health after receiving oral surgery last summer from doctors who normally ...

Even the closest family separates during the day to their various jobs and schools, and kids grow up and form their own families in their own homes. Baboons, however, live their entire lives in close ...

Baboon politics say a lot about human politics: It's tough to be on top, and the key to staying there is to know when to stress over the competition. Professor of Neuroscience at Stanford ...

A research team led by William O'Hearn from the German Primate Center—Leibniz Institute for Primate Research has found that female Guinea baboons court males more intensively when they show ...

But the tree, he adds, spreading his arms wide like branches, is heavy with baboons. There are more murmurs. Embers rise to a sky infinite with stars. And then it is agreed. Everyone stands and ...

Authorities have filed charges in the brutal killing of Raygun, a baboon beaten and set on fire, as the NSPCA pushes for ...