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 media ...

Johannesburg — It was a normal holiday morning. My family was getting up for the day and my husband had just left for a meeting. I was holding one of my children in my arms and another by the hand ...

The southern Peninsula’s baboons are one decision away from survival or disappearance, even when a scientifically grounded, ethically defensible and ultimately inevitable solution is within such easy ...

Cape Town has finalised a R27m plan to relocate baboon troops into sanctuaries and behind fences, but animal welfare groups ...

First up for relocation are four troops. The Seaforth troop, which is about 16 baboons strong, per the 2024 census, will be whisked off to a shiny new sanctuary by February 2026, with all healthy ...

Baboon grunts and mating calls may hold secrets about human speech, according to a new study suggesting that the origins of human language could reach back as much as 25 million years. The barks, ...

Re “EVMS research aims to save the lives of women and babies” (Other Views, April 27): Eastern Virginia Medical School President Dr. Alfred Abuhamad defends the school’s invasive and deadly ...

These researchers had already found that nearly 70% of newborn baboons, like human babies, had early asymmetry in the planum temporale(PT)area of the brain. The PT, which is also a key area for ...

An adult male and infant baboon in the Amboseli ecosystem, Kenya. This doesn’t necessarily show that father-daughter bonding improves longevity; it may be that healthy young females, already destined ...

A new study has found that chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) like to feed on antelope poop, especially during drier months when vegetation might be sparse. Researchers deployed collar cameras attached to ...