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

A research team led by William O'Hearn from the German Primate Center—Leibniz Institute for Primate Research has found that ...

A young male baboon named Raygun was being tracked as he made his way through a suburb of Pretoria to the wilds. When he stopped at a school in a small town, a group of teenagers hunted him down, ...

This is the amazing moment a pair of baboons wait for a crossing guard to signal a safe crossing in Cape Town, South Africa ...

Chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) are proper locals, native to southern Africa and a familiar sight on the Cape Peninsula, where they regularly cross paths (and sometimes weapons) with humans, notes The ...

Female Guinea baboons prefer skilled males for immediate benefits, revealing insights into primate social behavior and ...

A man in Cape Town helped baboons cross a road safely. South Africans were touched by the video of the troop of baboons using ...

A man using a baboon patrol flag to help baboons cross the road in Simon's Town, Western Cape, has many people in stitches.

Among baboons, females tend to form the strongest bonds with each other. Adult males live apart from them, except when mating. The species of Kinda baboons are different. A new study led by Anna ...

The recent wildfires in Cape Town ravaged parts of the Cape Peninsula, destroying crucial baboon habitats and forcing troops ...

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 ...