There’s a good reason Egyptians considered Hamadryas baboons to be zoomorphic images of the lunar god Thoth on Earth.

Sharing a valuable food can do more than satisfy hunger. In many human hunter-gatherer communities, a successful hunter can support close family members while also showing the ...

According to Ancient Egyptian legends, the Land of Punt was a mysterious kingdom covered in tropical vegetation, inhabited by exotic animals and rich in treasures, including gold, gemstones, ...

Say what you like, but sometimes the Internet really delivers. I felt like I was given a gift the first time I saw this video of a baboon’s response to a basic magic trick. It starts with a wan zoo ...

An acoustical analysis of the grunts, barks, wahoos, copulation calls, and yaks from baboons shows that, like people who use several vowels during speech, these nonhuman primates make five distinct ...

If you’re a baboon, being in charge gives you a lot of advantages: you have better access to food, you get more action from the ladies, and your kids tend to grow faster and live longer. Low-rankers, ...

A troop of restless baboons is a common early-morning sight at South Africa’s Kruger National Park. At first, safari operator Kurt Schultz didn’t notice anything unusual while snapping photos last ...