Baboon social lives are more complex than they appear, as a new study reveals surprising patterns in how primate groups form ...

Like people, nonhuman primates live in groups that vary in size and shape depending on the species. Some primate groups are small and simple; others are large and more layered. Over the decades, ...

Scientists hope fieldwork here will reveal clues to human evolution and adaptation.

Olive baboon troops decide where to move democratically, despite their hierarchical social order, according to a new report in Science magazine by Smithsonian researchers and colleagues. At the Mpala ...

Baboons in laboratory experiments showed hints of abstract thinking by picking out various images on a computer screen, a surprising finding that raises new questions about evolution and what ...

Leah Findlay works for the the Alldays Wildlife and Communities Research Centre in South Africa. She is the research coordinator of the Primate and Predator Project, which seeks to understand the ...

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 ...

The zoo initially announced the plan to lower their baboon population in February 2024 Daniel Karmann/picture alliance via Getty The Tiergarten Nürnberg Zoo in Southern Germany confirmed that it ...

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 ...

Baboons, it seems, prefer pinot noir. They also like a nice chardonnay. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Largely undeterred by ...

A zoo has said it killed 12 baboons on Tuesday because it didn’t have enough space for them. The zoo, based in the German city of Nuremberg, said it killed the animals despite growing protests,. The ...

When the keepers at the Netherlands' Emmen Zoo opened the night enclosure for 112 baboons on July 29, they expected the animals would be, as usual, eager to get inside. After all, the baboons knew ...