As we learn in NATURE’s Murder in the Troop, life for a chacma baboon is defined by strict hierarchical structure. Among the most highly socialized of animal species, chacmas rely on a complex and ...

There are a million stories in the naked jungle. Some of the strangest ones take place on the savanna street corners where baboons hang out. People need look no further for weird, even kinky, tales of ...

If the promised simian uprising ever does happen, take comfort in knowing that at least it will be a government of the baboon, for the baboon, and by the baboon. Phys reports researchers have ...

In the collections of the British Museum in London, a mummy known simply as EA6736 sits in eternal repose. Recovered from the Temple of Khons in Luxor, Egypt, it dates to the New Kingdom period, from ...

Dr Joselyn Mormile is a conservation scientist who has been working with baboons and communities in South Africa for more than 15 years. Her work has included sanctuary care and veterinary medicine, ...

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 media ...