A R5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the brutal killing of a ...

Besides humans, very few mammals receive care from their fathers. But when species do, it may benefit their children. New ...

A new study found this species of baboon forms long term male and female friendships. Photographs By Konrad Wothe/Minden Pictures. By Olivia Ferrari. February 28, 2025.

Anubis baboons have greenish-grey fur and males with shaggy manes around their heads. Although they are distinct species that diverged 1.4 million years ago, they can hybridize where their ranges ...

Ancient Egyptians kept sacred, revered baboons in captivity, a new study has revealed. Archeologists and historians already knew that Egyptians revered and mummified several species of animals ...

So as genetic methods have gotten much, much better in the last 20 plus years, we’ve realized that Kindas are probably the basal or the first kind of living baboon that existed. There are six species ...

The bones represented dozens of individual baboons — from infants to adults — in two species: the hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) and the olive baboon (Papio anubis). These species weren ...

While wild baboons looked in a mirror, scientists shone laser pointers on their faces. Even though the monkeys pawed at the dot when it was on their arms or legs, they didn’t touch their faces ...

image: The vast majority of baboons in Kenya’s Amboseli basin carry genes from a closely related species, finds a new study in the journal Science. view more Credit: Credit: Arielle Fogel, Duke ...