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

Olive baboons have the largest geographical range of the baboon species and inhabit 25 African countries. They typically live in savanna or forest-type ecosystems in large groups of up to 150 ...

The Amboseli Baboon Project is a long-term, coordinated series of studies of yellow baboons, Papio cynocephalus, in the Amboseli region of East Africa, immediately north and west of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

A study of "troops" of baboons in their natural environment in East Africa has revealed patterns of interdependence that may shed light on the early evolution of the human species ...

Bush babies, also called galagos, are small, saucer-eyed primates that spend most of their lives in trees. At least 20 species of galago are known, though some experts believe many are yet to be ...

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 ...

A video has surfaced showing a road patrol attendant guiding a pair of baboons safely across Simon's Town's main road.