Wild baboons did not react to marks on their faces in mirrors Study suggests self-recognition may not be universal in primates Researchers debate if self-awareness exists on a spectrum ...

Another discovery was the notably low level of aggression among male Kindas. While in other baboon species, males engage in frequent dominance struggles and aggressive competition for mates, Kinda ...

AMHERST, Mass. — An international team of scientists led by a recent doctoral graduate from the University of Massachusetts Amherst sheds new light on the social behaviors of Kinda baboons (Papio ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. When Lauren, a rule-abiding eighth-grader in New York, got her first ...

Now, a researcher in Portugal has put forth an interesting explanation: cheek piercings. John C. Willman of the Laboratory of Prehistory (CIAS) at the University of Coimbra has suggested that ...

In their article, Ben Cousins and Peter Willis seek to discredit a perfectly legitimate court order agreed to by the authorities to fulfil their commitments to baboon management by implementing ...

A woman enjoying a luxury safari vacation at the Four Seasons in Tanzania experienced an unexpected and terrifying encounter when an aggressive baboon tried to break into her room. The incident, ...

Well, not only do most hamsters have a healthy appetite, but these terrestrial and burrow-digging rodents have cheek ‘pouches’ enabling them to temporarily store food so they carry their goods back to ...

The claim by baboon activists that they secured a ‘huge win’ in court over the City of Cape Town, SANParks and CapeNature seems unjustified. Only one of the specific actions they wanted the ...