The shocking and brutal killing of Raygun the baboon has sparked outrage and condemnation. Authorities have vowed to take action, and an investigation is now underway to hold those responsible ...

Raygun, the notorious baboon known for wandering around parts of Pretoria, has reportedly been sighted in Silverlakes in the East of Pretoria. According to reports on social media, a local ...

But while baboons in Namibia exposed to mirrors find the reflective glass fascinating, they don’t respond to dots placed on their faces, researchers report in the January Proceedings of the ...

Cape Town — On August 12, 2024 , Joey, the alpha male of the troop of baboons that occup ies the area around the seaside village of Pringle Bay in the picturesque Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve ...

The set-up of the mirrors during mirror exposure and the mark test. (a) Two juvenile baboons exploring mirror 1 together. (b) An adult male interacting with the mirror. (c) Mirror 1 (vertical ...

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 ...

The horrific killing of a baboon named Raygun on Friday at the hands of schoolchildren at Botleng Secondary School in Delmas, Mpumalanga, has sparked widespread outrage and concern, prompting the ...

Another discovery was the notably low level of aggression among male Kindas. While in other baboon species, males engage in frequent dominance struggles and aggressive competition for mates, Kinda ...

A female African baboon has died at the Delhi Zoo, the third animal fatality at the facility in as many weeks, officials said. A female African baboon has died at the Delhi Zoo, the third animal ...

CAPE TOWN - Cape Town’s coastal areas and towns have had to learn to live alongside baboons for years, with the NCC rangers patrolling areas to ensure that baboons do not harm citizens.

The researchers observed 120 Chacma baboons in Tsaobis Nature Park, Namibia, between May and October 2021 to better understand self-awareness among wild non-hominid primates, who have previously ...