Conflict between humans and baboons can tear communities apart. Shirley C. Strum has studied wild olive baboons in Kenya for more than 50 years. In that time she's come to understand the species ...

In a unique study, researchers from Swansea University (UK) and the University of Cape Town in South Africa have used GPS collars to study the collective behavior of a troop of baboons living on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While the Egyptian god Thoth was often depicted as having a human body with the head of an ibis, there has been much speculation ...

We must never overgeneralize infrahuman animal studies to the human realm; however, some studies of animal overpopulation may ...

When a Guinea baboon gets hold of meat, who eats next isn’t luck, it’s loyalty. After nearly 10 years observing wild Guinea baboons in Senegal, researchers uncovered a hidden rule behind every meal.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new study has found that chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) like to feed on antelope poop, especially during drier months when vegetation might be ...

A leopard finds itself surrounded by a group of baboons during a tense wildlife encounter on a safari road. The baboons ...

In one of the most widely read posts on the Animals and Us blog (here), I discussed whether a troop of hamadryas baboons living in a garbage dump at Taif, Saudi Arabia kidnap puppies and raise them as ...