There are six different species of baboons. Scientists have found that certain species of baboons are more aggressive than others. However, when push comes to shove, every species of baboon can be ...

A call has been reissued for information about the suspected hunter caught on camera abusing an injured baboon in South Africa. Footage emerged last week of the unidentified man mocking the wounded ...

Readers of this Blog may think that I’m going through a bit of a simian crisis. And that would be understandable; perhaps I am. But close on the news about baboon trapping (my previous post on these ...

July 18 (UPI) --Officials with a Zambian electric utility said about 50,000 customers lost power when a baboon wandered into a power station and tampered with equipment. ZESCO, Zambia's electricity ...

An action plan to minimise the amount of time baboons spend in human-dominated environments and prevent further habituation has been agreed to by authorities in the Western Cape. Under the tough new ...

Leah Findlay works for the the Alldays Wildlife and Communities Research Centre in South Africa. She is the research coordinator of the Primate and Predator Project, which seeks to understand the ...

To date, tens of millions of animal mummies have been unearthed in Egypt. But while there are millions of mummified cats, dogs, ibises and birds of prey, primate mummies are rare — and little ...

Shirley C. Strum does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...