Raygun, the notorious baboon known for wandering around parts of Pretoria, has reportedly been sighted in Silverlakes in the East of Pretoria. According to reports on social media, a resident in ...

Learn more about lions, cheetahs, and leopards, as well as the other players in the field such as impala, baboons, warthogs, wildebeests, zebras and more. The two-part series explores how all ...

An alpha male baboon guards his fertile female in southern Kenya. Credit: Duke University. In the savannas of Kenya, where the sun beats down on the golden grasses and acacia trees, male baboons ...

A recent study conducted in the harsh wilderness of Namibia reveals that wild baboons, despite their remarkable intelligence, don’t recognize themselves in mirrors. Conducted in Namibia’s Tsaobis ...

Ancient Egyptian baboon mummies show signs of captivity, with evidence of poor nutrition and inadequate sunlight. (Overview of some skulls available for study.) Credit: Bea De Cupere, CC-BY 4.0 ...

When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn More Picture this: a troop of baboons casually wandering into your yard, treating it like their personal buffet. They ...

But what if being on top wasn’t as great as it seemed? For alpha baboons, for example, the price of power is steep. A new study shows that these primates live under intense stress. Surprisingly, their ...

A young boy from Beitbridge is nursing serious injuries after being attacked by a baboon in a shocking case of human-wildlife conflict in the border town. The incident, which has raised concerns ...

Alpha male baboons may earn the right to preside over their troops, but evidence indicates all that power takes its toll. A past study from Duke University research scientist Laurence Gesquiere ...

LONDON — When 112 wild baboons encountered mirrors for the first time in Namibia’s desert landscape, scientists watched eagerly. Would these clever primates recognize their own reflections, like ...

The set-up of the mirrors during mirror exposure and the mark test. (a) Two juvenile baboons exploring mirror 1 together. (b) An adult male interacting with the mirror. (c) Mirror 1 (vertical ...

But there's a downside to being a strong and powerful alpha stud—at least if you're a baboon. Studies show that despite their high rank, the number one males in baboon society are also some of ...