The recent wildfires in Cape Town ravaged parts of the Cape Peninsula, destroying crucial baboon habitats and forcing troops ...

A viral video shows two Chacma baboons crossing a busy Simon’s Town road with the help of a human 'baboon monitor.' ...

ANNA WEYHER: Yeah, exactly. So high rates in all reproductive states. So in a typical Southern Chacma baboon, a male would be grooming a female and giving her a lot of attention when she’s ready to ...

Baboons are well adapted for each habitat where they live. The chacma baboon, for instance, can live on a diet of just grass.

Chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) are proper locals, native to southern Africa and a familiar sight on the Cape Peninsula, where they regularly cross paths (and sometimes weapons) with humans, notes The ...

Infanticide may be the main cause of infant mortality in some species, such as Chacma baboons. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

To address this knowledge gap and identify some mitigation strategies, we used direct observation from a hide to collect behaviors and interspecific interactions between chacma baboons (Papio ursinus; ...

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Sandra Swart does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Jack was also a chacma baboon. He was cared for by railway signalman James Wide, and Jack in turn took care of James. Wide had lost both his legs in a fall between moving rail cars. He trained ...

The National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(NSPCA) is offering a R20 000 reward for information following the brutal killing of a male Chacma baboon known as ...

A video has surfaced showing a road patrol officer guiding a pair of baboons safely cross Simon's Town's main road.