The female baboon, much like a Kardashian, has always been known for having a very prominent bottom. Scientists have tended to connect the size of a female baboon's hindquarters to the attraction of ...

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 ...

Wild baboons failed to demonstrate visual self-recognition in a test carried out by anthropologists. Published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the study found that while the baboons ...

A steady stream of chacma baboons flows down the walking path in the beautiful wooded ravine that leads up to Admiral’s Kloof ...

Chacma baboons in Tsaobis Nature Park, Namibia. Credit: Dr. Alecia Carter In Namibia, the researchers began by allowing the baboons a period of mirror exposure to learn about the reflective surface.

Baboons are remarkable animals. While they often are written off as unintelligent violently aggressive creatures and bear the brunt of uninformed slurs, nothing could be further from the truth about ...

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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. Nature is available to stream on pbs.org and the ...

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. Lion vs. Wildebeest: How Lions Hunt as a Pride ...