The Australian National Baboon Colony at Wallacia, in Sydney’s west, houses more than 160 baboons bred and used for medical research under the oversight of Sydney Local Health District. The existence ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A baboon troop regularly forages in the scrubland in and around the village of Rooiels, on the outskirts of the Cape Town metropolitan area. In ...

Bob is the youngest of a baboon troop, so he's the group's favorite. But all those cuddles tend to annoy him. On top of that, Bob can't sit still — whenever the troop stops, he takes the opportunity ...

Chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) get jealous of their siblings' grooming sessions. Delaunay et al., Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2026) If you have siblings, you may remember fighting for your ...

Young primates in a southern African nature park were observed to constantly interfere when their mother was giving attention to a younger brother or sister. By Annie Roth Annie Roth has reported on ...

Authorities in Cape Town, South Africa, have released an updated baboon action plan aimed at reducing conflict between people and baboons, which regularly enter urban areas in search of food. The plan ...

A chacma baboon and her baby in Cape Town, South Africa. Getty Images Conflict between humans and baboons can tear communities apart. Shirley C. Strum has studied wild olive baboons in Kenya for more ...

Baboons are remarkable animals. While they often are written off as unintelligent violently aggressive creatures and bear the brunt of uninformed slurs, nothing could be further from the truth about ...

Get an incredibly detailed and intense look at the fascinating world of the baboon with this captivating close-up video! Witness the expressive facial features, powerful jaws, and complex social cues ...

Reports of the use of tools in offence or defence by wild animals is limited to accounts of chimpanzees throwing branches … [T]here are no reports by professional field observers of deliberate stone ...

The zoo initially announced the plan to lower their baboon population in February 2024 Daniel Karmann/picture alliance via Getty The Tiergarten Nürnberg Zoo in Southern Germany confirmed that it ...