New research from the University of St Andrews has shed light on baboons, moonlight and their link to an ancient Egyptian deity.

The San Diego Zoo recently welcomed a new hamadryas baboon infant named Makeda, who was born to parents Anakin and Lex.

Like humans, baboons are able to cooperate with another of their kind for the common good—or punish them if they don't reciprocate, a study said on Friday. Scientists have long debated whether animals ...

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 ...

Trained animal care and veterinary teams were able to quickly recover the animals. At no time were employees, visitors or civilians at risk.

Impalas and baboons take a snack break under a sausage tree. Brooke R. Davis The impalas follow the baboons under the sausage tree, slurping up succulent snacks left behind by the primates. The ...

"Have you heard about the baboons on the loose?" It's the first question you're likely to be asked around the watercooler today, as three of the primates did indeed take a walk on the wild side in ...

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More non-human animals may be capable of abstract thought than previously known, with profound implications for the evolution of human intelligence and the stuff that separates homo sapiens from other ...