What went wrong? The rupture in the shared deep history of the baboon–human relationship came with the shift from hunter-gatherer lifeways to sedentary crop farming (starting about 1,000 years ...

A young male baboon named Raygun was being tracked as he made his way through a suburb of Pretoria to the wilds. When he stopped at a school in a small town, a group of teenagers hunted him down ...

Baboon politics say a lot about human politics: It's tough to be on top, and the key to staying there is to know when to stress over the competition. Professor of Neuroscience at Stanford ...

In 1971, Stuart Altmann and Jeanne Altmann began full-time continuous monitoring of the Amboseli baboon population (see History). Stuart was the senior scientist for the first decade. He played a ...

Based on the number of views and comments, not one but two videos featuring baboon behaviour have sparked a whirlwind of attention on social media. In the first video, the question ‘Why did the ...

In a heartwarming and whimsical display of nature's antics, a troop of baboons turned a Cape Town backyard into an unexpected party zone, captivating viewers across social media with their playful ...

A young male baboon named Raygun was being tracked as he made his way through a suburb of Pretoria to the wilds. When he stopped at a school in a small town, a group of teenagers hunted him down ...

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Encounters between baboons and people are common in parts of South Africa. WhatsApp groups often share stories of baboons raiding a kitchen and stealing all the food. And stories appear in the ...