Monkeys live throughout Asia, Africa, Central America, and South America. They’re distinct from other types of primate, like ...

A team of biologists and wildlife specialists from the University of Notre Dame and Duke University, in the U.S., and Amboseli Baboon Research Project, in Kenya, has found evidence that female ...

Baboons form lines based on friendships, not strategy, revealing insights into social behavior and challenging previous theories on animal movement.

Researchers at Swansea University have discovered that baboons walk in lines, not for safety or strategy, but simply to stay close to their friends.

Researchers have discovered that baboons walk in lines, not for safety or strategy, but simply to stay close to their friends.

In the animal kingdom, injuries are a fact of life. In fact, wounds are so common that most mammals evolved ways to close ...

These friendships often lasted for life, and scientists say they show how male primates can use kindness and affection to socially succeed.

Baboons were important in the cosmology of indigenous hunter-gatherer groups. They’re evident in mythic stories, including those of shapeshifting between human and baboon.

The native people of South Africa revered baboons, but they became part of occult beliefs and suburban fears.

Kindas are unique among baboons because they’re the least sexually dimorphic: males and females are close to the same size, making them a better analog for us humans. So can male and female baboons ...

Humans like to study themselves in a mirror. But wild baboons, when presented with a mirror, don’t seem to recognize they’re staring at their own selves, a new study has found. For decades ...

Impala look to baboons for security from big cats lurking in the woodlands. From their watchtowers, baboons call out threats to the earth-bound impala.