Animal rights activists disagree with authorities on how best to handle boom in primate population near Table Mountain ...

Sibling rivalry might not unique to humans. New scientific research shows that baboon siblings in southern Africa also feel ...

Young primates in a southern African nature park were observed to constantly interfere when their mother was giving attention ...

If you have siblings, you may remember fighting for your parents’ attention when you were younger. It turns out sibling ...

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 ...

As much as one might yearn to repair our human separation from nature, true coexistence with baboons means keeping them at a safe distance from us and the landscapes we’ve transformed. The Action ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Follow Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert Every time Katherine publishes a story, you’ll get an alert ...

A group of baboons thought it was safe to climb down from a tree when a buffalo wandered off, but they were wrong. In a hysterical video posted by Wild Friends Africa, nearly a dozen baboons acting ...

We've all had to deal with breakups — with close friends or romantic partners. But breakups aren't a uniquely human phenomenon. Our primate cousins do it too. Robert Seyfarth, a primatologist at the ...

A growing body of research hints that for nonhuman primates, purely platonic relationships come with big benefits. A study that draws on decades of research about baboons is adding to a pile of ...

Mummified remains of baboons in Egypt found over a century ago have long puzzled researchers. The primates were not native to Egypt and had their canine teeth removed before being preserved. New ...